Maverick County Water Control & Improvement  District No. 1 Main Water Canal Repaired and Operational

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

The Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1’s Main Water Canal has been repaired by District work crews and is slowly taking on water to go operational effective immediately, announced Javier Mancha, MCWCID No. 1 Board President. 

Previously it was estimated the Main Water Canal repairs would take two to three weeks after breaking near Las Moras Creek in Quemado, Texas, but thanks to good weather and the industriousness of the MCWCID No. 1 maintenance crews and Administration the repairs were made in five days and the District began to fill the Canal with water from the Rio Grande River to get it operational once again, added Mancha. 

“Maverick County and District ranchers, farmers, and water users should be able to begin receiving their water allocations for irrigation and other purposes effective  immediately,” said Mancha. 

“We like to thank the District members for their patience while our work crews repaired the break caused by soil erosion,” added Mancha. 

For more information, please call the MCWCID No. 1 at (830) 773-5129.