Driven by the development of a large and prosperous poultry industry, including the management of 20 million birds in Texas' Navasota and Brazos watersheds, the Brazos River Authority initiated an integrated resource planning (IRP) project to proactively protect water resources while supporting economic development in the area. A watershed task force composed of representatives from the local agricultural, municipal, industrial, and public interest communities leads the project.
With the assistance of CDM and the project's task force, the IRP project has resulted in tangible benefits for local agricultural producers, including the Natural Resource Conservation Service obtaining an unprecedented $700,000 in first-year Environmental Quality Improvement Project funding for water quality-related improvement efforts in the watershed and also for measures that offer incentives to local producers.
CLIENT: Brazos River Authority
LOCATION: Waco, Texas