The San Saba River Water Agreement project focuses on Environmental Water Transactions (EWTs), as an important conservation tool for restoring and maintaining flow in Texas rivers. Water transaction efforts in the San Saba river have primarily focused on the reduction of agricultural water use during the irrigation season under low and critical low-flow conditions, mitigating water scarcity and creating essential aquatic habitat when it’s needed most.
Project Partner: The Nature Conservancy
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Mason Lane Automated Headgate
The Verde River is a major tributary of the Salt River. It is about 170 miles and is one of the largest perennial streams in Arizona. The Mason Lane Automated Headgate project replaced an outdated and inefficient irrigation diversion system with a modern, automated headgate system. The new headgate allows irrigators to more precisely control the amount of water that they divert out of Oak Creek, a tributary of the Verde River, and into the Mason Lane irrigation ditch.