Members of the Lake Carlsbad Golf Course Advisory Board hope to expand effluent water projects to include providing water to local parks and cemeteries, saving millions of gallons of drinking water.
Larry Sells, member of the advisory board, and Steve Hendley, course superintendent, came before the Carlsbad City Council during its regular meeting Tuesday evening to give a presentation about the project and the compilation of rules and regulations for the course.
Sells introduced two marshals from the course and six board members attending the council meeting before starting the presentation.
"I'm very proud to serve on this committee," said Sells, "It's one of the best committees you have in this town, I can tell you that."
Sells said he hopes to expand the project, which began at the course with two effluent storage ponds, to include providing water to local parks and cemeteries.
Most of the funding for this project did not come from the city of Carlsbad, said Sells, but from capitol outlay from local legislators and with grants from the Water Trust Board.
A pump station has been delivered at the second pond, leaving room for expansion to other projects.
Sells said a loop line on the 18-hole course is now complete, which will allow the pressure in the water lines to be consistent through out the golf course.
"It saved us a lot of money and a lot of problems," said Sells.
According to the course's website, the par three watering system will be ungraded in the near future, which will provide adequate water pressure and volume to the par three course. From there the effluent project will move to watering the parks and cemeteries with effluent water.
"Carlsbad is still sending an extra 1,500 acre feet (488, 776, 500 gallons) of water to Texas each year that could be used to water parks and cemeteries," according to Sells' and Hammond's presentation, adding that they hope the Water Trust Board will allow the city to use the $83,000 remaining from a grant to study what the next step should be in the effluent project.
There will be $291,000 available to continue the project, said Sells.
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