WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:08.160 Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's 2 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:10.800 time now for our community connection. And we called it 3 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:13.880 City Matters because if it matters to you, it matters 4 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:18.239 to the city. And Laura, we've got the crowd assembled here, 5 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:21.719 so let's get on with the show. We got a 6 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:23.199 lot going on today, don't wait. 7 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.000 Lots going on at the city. You know. I was 8 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.600 going to give a golf course update because I feel 9 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:29.280 like that's where I spend a lot of my energy. 10 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:32.159 There's a lot of changes and lots of things going 11 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:34.200 on at the golf course, but I thought we would 12 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.280 change it up and we would start with the airport. 13 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:41.000 I attended their flying this weekend on Saturday, and it 14 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:43.640 was very hot. I took my seven year old with me, 15 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.799 and for me, the highlight was seeing the wildcat. For her, 16 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.320 the highlight was the lemonade stand that had the bobo beds. 17 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:54.920 Oh yeah, well there you go, the important stuff, right. 18 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:57.079 So I think she's still talking about the bobo beads 19 00:00:57.119 --> 00:00:59.759 and I'm like, wow, cat was so cool. But I've 20 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:03.520 got Mike Richardson here, he is our airport director, to 21 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:05.640 kind of give us an update and talk about the. 22 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:11.719 Fly in good morning. This was our attempt at the 23 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.560 second annual Back to Bartlesville Regional fly In. It was 24 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:20.959 also the seventh annual Bloca All Blanca fly In. This 25 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:24.040 was kind of spearheaded by the World War Two Airborne 26 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:30.519 Demonstration Team. They have a World War Two era parachute 27 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.959 jump school down in Frederick, Oklahoma, and a few years 28 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:38.359 ago I was approached by Kevin Connor and Bob Prater 29 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:42.840 about the possibility of relocating the Wildcat C forty seven 30 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:46.519 aircraft to Bartlesville. And at the time we had the 31 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.000 hangars space and we were able to make that deal happen, 32 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:53.599 and two years later we're into our second annual Back 33 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.719 to Bartlesville Regional fly In. And it was really a 34 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:01.280 concept that was started to bring back kind of the 35 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:07.159 glory days of the National Biplane Association Biplane Expo and 36 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:12.759 the Tulsa Regional fly In. But we had about eleven 37 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.439 hundred people, I think a little over that out over 38 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.560 the weekend of eight hundred and some Saturday and a 39 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.960 little over three hundred Sunday. And as you mentioned, it 40 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:23.719 was very hot Saturday. 41 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.400 But it didn't seem to retract from the numbers because 42 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:29.120 it seemed like there was a lot of people. 43 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:30.719 There and a lot of people turned out. 44 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:34.319 I think the weather probably did get a few people thought, yeah, 45 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:37.199 that's a little too hot for me, but we sure 46 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:40.000 appreciate the folks that did take the time to come 47 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:45.280 out and brave the weather. NELLA was back an eight 48 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:52.280 six Texan from Sweetwater is where the Women Air Force 49 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:58.080 Service pilots that were formed in mid nineteen forty three 50 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:03.879 I believe were disbanded in nineteen forty four in December. 51 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:09.080 But that's the only surviving AT six primary trainer from 52 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:13.000 their heir that squadron. There's some eight sixes, but not 53 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:17.159 WASP eight sixes, so they were selling rides. The airplane 54 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:20.439 stayed busy all day Saturday and Sunday, which was remarkable. 55 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.639 If you ever get a chance to fly at an 56 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:28.199 open cockpit or a T six primary trainer, I highly 57 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:31.800 recommend it. I got my first ride this year in 58 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:36.360 a PT I believe it was thirteen or seventeen Steerman 59 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.319 and in two S which is the Navy version of 60 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:47.840 the biplane. It was phenomenal, It really was. NOLLA is 61 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:52.360 part of the Air Power History Tour, and as I've mentioned, 62 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:56.000 they gave rides it carries the names. Kind of a 63 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.240 cool feature that the pilot showed us. They carry the 64 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:02.960 names of some of the trainees from the nineteen forties 65 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.800 in a wooden plaque in the luggage compartment, and some 66 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:10.039 seventy plus years later, they were able to take some 67 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:14.319 of the women that actually trained in the forties on 68 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:16.959 a flight and let them fly the airplane again, some 69 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:17.959 of them in their nineties. 70 00:04:18.199 --> 00:04:19.480 Yeah, so it was. 71 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:26.759 Pretty remarkable. The Tulsa war Birds were also there. They 72 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:29.839 fly the North American T six trainers. It was known 73 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:34.800 as the Pilot Maker. There was several hundred thousand people 74 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:39.000 all around the world that learned to fly in that 75 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:44.680 particular trainer and it was important for preparing pilots for 76 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:49.120 combat training. We also had the Van's RV Formation team there, 77 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:55.959 Travis and Liz Reese brittany Day. They're locals. They are 78 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:59.319 aviation enthusiasts and have local aircraft based here in Martlesville. 79 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:03.079 And the Advans RV is kind of a kitplane. It's 80 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:05.519 put you can put it together in your garage or 81 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.199 your shop, and you have to have some skills, a 82 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:13.040 lot of riveting and things like that, but it's an 83 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:17.480 excellent flying machine. Has excellent flying qualities and at affordable prices. 84 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:21.800 Many of those type of aircraft are used for aerobatic 85 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:27.279 shows and commonly perform all types of flying formations. I 86 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.240 don't know if some of you might remember like one 87 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:35.439 hundred airplane formation over Arrowhead Stadium to bring breast awareness 88 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:39.160 breast cancer awareness that I think they shot pink smoke, 89 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:40.879 but it was just and they were in the shape 90 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:43.600 of an arrowhead, but it was pretty cool. I think 91 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:46.600 they were part of that. But it's a pretty common 92 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:52.800 aircraft for flying demonstrations. I want to thank all the 93 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:57.879 sponsors in the community, all the volunteers. Without their help 94 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:01.079 and support, none of this would be possible at all. 95 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:06.040 I'm very happy to have it, and we'll start planning 96 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:07.879 for next year right away. 97 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.680 Yep I said it was a very cool event. I 98 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:12.800 didn't This was my first time attending, so I didn't 99 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.920 know what to expect. I don't know that my seven 100 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.519 year old is an aviation enthusiast, but she was impressed 101 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:24.199 by the Wildcat. They let you know, the kids get 102 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:28.079 up in the Wildcat, and right before I was taking 103 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:29.879 a picture of her in front of it, and then 104 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:31.920 they decided that it was time to get it ready 105 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.040 to take out there, and so she wasn't able to 106 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:36.560 get inside of it, but we did. Yeah, we got 107 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:38.279 close enough and got to see it, and like I said, 108 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:40.079 it was kind of a sight to behold, and it 109 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:42.399 was very cool to see it take off and you know, 110 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:44.120 even watching them getting it fired up. 111 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:48.439 Was it is neat to see an airplane that's eighty plus. 112 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.439 Years Oh yeah, and. 113 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:56.279 Then those big radio engines firing out. Yeah, it's truly 114 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:57.639 remarked to me. 115 00:06:57.759 --> 00:06:59.560 It was something that you would almost see in a museum. 116 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:01.680 So it's like, oh, my first thought and is kind 117 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:03.720 of embarrassing to say this is does it run? 118 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:05.800 Is it gonna fly? Than it does? 119 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:08.079 So that was even cooler. 120 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:11.279 They're surprised to see it on display, but they're even 121 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:12.959 more surprised when it takes off. Yeah. 122 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.439 Yeah, and they kept the doors open. They explained that 123 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:21.040 there's no ac in it, that is maybe the acre open. 124 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:25.240 And it's a big tan can, more of an oven 125 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:29.639 than but yeah, at this time of year, a lot 126 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:30.040 of fun. 127 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:30.560 Yep. 128 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:38.079 So next up, we've got I've got Kylie Roberson, our 129 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:42.199 Library and History Museum director, here to give updates at 130 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:44.759 the Library and History museum. We've got some fun stuff 131 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.160 coming up to maybe. 132 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:48.639 Not as much fun as airplanes all over the place, 133 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.399 but lots of good things happening at your library and 134 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:56.480 history museum. Actually today we have a lunch and learn 135 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.279 happening at the library from twelve to one point thirty 136 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:04.279 on Defying the Stage. So a lot of local theater 137 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:07.920 really big in Bartleszill obviously, and so we want to 138 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:10.800 look at the world of live theater. We're going to 139 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:15.160 explore kind of the finer points of acting, beginning with 140 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.680 an overview of the various styles of live theater from 141 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:20.839 all over the world. She is going to be really 142 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.319 neat and then a deeper dive into the definitions of 143 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.720 some of the golden rules of the stage. And so 144 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:29.639 if you're interested in live theater, if you love live theater, 145 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:33.799 it'll be a really great program to come to. It 146 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.000 is today, so if you can jump on in, it 147 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:40.840 would be really fun to be at. And then October first, 148 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:42.840 I mean, it's crazy to think we're all already talking 149 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:46.240 about October, but all of my programs are looking at October. 150 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.000 October first is our in the Kitchen with Susan, which 151 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:53.600 is our monthly cooking class with Susan. She's a local 152 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:58.240 restaurant here, many years of cooking experience she loves to share, 153 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:02.519 you know, how she made healthy cooking easy for her 154 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:07.480 family and for other families. This is just an incredible program. 155 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:11.279 If you haven't already caught this either, you know the 156 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:14.200 best part is that this one is offered in person. 157 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:17.559 You can actually come to the library watch Susan do 158 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:21.519 her thing live and then sample some of the delicious 159 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:24.679 food that she makes. Or you can actually watch it 160 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.120 on Facebook on our live stream and cook along with 161 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.399 Susan in your own kitchen and we'll post what ingredients 162 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.120 and things you need and you can just move right 163 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:37.120 on along. And it's like our own Rachel Ray right 164 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:38.159 here in Bartles Belts. 165 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:41.120 And I've attended those before and it was very cool. 166 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:44.240 I think she made some type of chowder and another 167 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:45.240 type of sl. 168 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:47.200 And I was gonna say, it's fall, so you can 169 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:52.679 probably expect that it will be some good fall soupy deliciousness. Yes, 170 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:57.679 that will be exciting. And then October twenty fifth is 171 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:01.559 our annual Spectacular Trunk or Treat events from five thirty 172 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:06.559 to seven thirty. It's a partnership between our library, the 173 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:10.120 Community Center, First Presbyterian Church, and some other local friends 174 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:13.000 all kind of come together to put on this really 175 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:17.399 great event. We've had over one thousand attendees in the 176 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:21.600 past come through. There's lots of candy, there's inflatables for 177 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:24.759 the kids. We'll have some music going in the background, 178 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.799 sometimes food trucks. I mean, it's just going to be 179 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:32.159 a really really fun event, so please please come out 180 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:35.559 and bring all your little goblins with you. We'd love 181 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:38.480 to see all the trick or treaters and the library 182 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.440 we'll offer some free books and all kinds of stuff 183 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:45.320 as giveaways, so that'll be really really fun. We're also 184 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:50.159 looking at partnering with some of our local departments to 185 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:53.399 do a Touch a Truck event at that day too, 186 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:56.200 so if you have little ones that want to see 187 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:00.000 inside a fire truck or a police car, an ambulance, 188 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:02.159 and all of those kinds of things, will have there 189 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:04.559 so that you can kind of take a look and 190 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:08.960 see what it looks like inside those giant trucks. And 191 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:12.120 then obviously the History Museum is doing some really cool 192 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:15.879 stuff in October as well. October seventh will be unveiling 193 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:19.919 our new exhibit called social life and early traditions. It'll 194 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:23.600 be focusing on the early life community of Bartlesville, so 195 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:26.960 you definitely don't want to miss that, and in the 196 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:28.679 vein of some of those early traditions. 197 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:30.399 I just think this is the most fun. 198 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:34.080 October seventeenth, we're going to host a fall break program 199 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:38.639 on the dying art of cursive writing, because it is 200 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:42.840 dying and if you haven't seen the kiddos today and 201 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:47.759 what their cursive looks like or lack the right exactly, 202 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:50.919 So we're going to do a program on the history 203 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:54.279 of the art of cursive writing. And then we're going 204 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:57.039 to pull out some of our old fountain pins that 205 00:11:57.080 --> 00:12:00.080 you actually have to dip in the ink and do 206 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:04.240 some tutorials on cursive letter writing with these old school 207 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:08.120 fountain pins. So taking a back old school for our youth. 208 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:10.759 And then and it's for all ages. Adults can come 209 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:13.840 too if you want to try it out. It's actually 210 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:17.080 really hard. I would love I was telling somebody at 211 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:19.360 the museum the other day, I would love to have 212 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.200 someone from that era like looking over my shoulder and 213 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.960 laughing because I can't figure out how to use this 214 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:28.720 pin without like dipping it twenty times to write one word, 215 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.279 but it is really really fun to do, so that'll 216 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:37.360 be a really good one. And then October thirty first, 217 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:40.440 it's you know, it's definitely spooky season. We're getting into October, 218 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:43.039 so we had the spectacular with the library. 219 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:46.279 The History Museum is doing. 220 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:49.200 A Halloween walk on the thirty first from one thirty 221 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:51.600 to three, so there will be lots of snacks, lots 222 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:53.960 of treats for all of our little guys in costume. 223 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:57.960 It'll just be so much fun. Definitely can't wait to 224 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:01.279 bring out the kiddos to that. So's that's all the 225 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.080 fun stuff happening at your library and History Music. 226 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:07.200 Absolutely there's something for everyone always. 227 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.320 Yeah. 228 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.600 Okay, So next we have Terry Laurenson. He is our 229 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:15.600 water utilities director and he's got a water update for us. 230 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.000 Good morning. We start with the coolness factor library Airport 231 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:22.440 pretty cool, a lot of neat stuff, and then we'll 232 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:26.480 in with water wastewater, which is pretty low on the 233 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:30.000 coolness factor. Unfortunately. No, it's not, no, it's not. We 234 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.399 just want to be We just sometimes want to be 235 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:35.559 out ofside, out of mind. That's kind of our normal 236 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:38.360 motive operations in a sense. But we want to talk 237 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:41.240 a little bit about how we're doing on water supply, 238 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:45.559 what we are doing for future water supply, and then 239 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:48.240 talk about all the specifics that have on have been 240 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:52.559 ongoing really since the early two thousands, that hopefully we'll 241 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.720 start seeing some fruits of those labors here in the 242 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:58.840 next couple of years. But as people may or may 243 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:01.679 not recall, our water supply is four sources. So we 244 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:04.879 have Hewlet Lake, which is our largest water source. We 245 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:08.720 also have water rights at Copan Lake. Hudson Lake is 246 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:11.679 a city on lake just northwest of town. And then 247 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:14.639 we have the Caney River, which is at Johnstone Park, 248 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:17.279 and that is the original water supply for the city 249 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.759 of Barsville, which was created back in the thirties. It 250 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:22.919 is still in use today and still one of our 251 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:28.960 primary points of water service for us. As many people 252 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.440 have experienced, this last couple of years have been a 253 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:35.360 little bit tenuous as far as water supply. We did 254 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:39.799 have the second worst recorded drought in history at Hewlet 255 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.080 Lake and at Copan Lake, I believe that was the 256 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:46.240 worst drought that that lake has experienced in its entire history, 257 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:50.320 so fairly difficult time that we were able to come 258 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:54.039 through and Luckily in Christmas or early this year, we 259 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.720 finally received the rains that removed all the water restrictions 260 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:02.639 and enabled us to use water on a more normal basis. 261 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:06.799 But prior to that drought, we were working on various 262 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:10.279 options to secure additional water rights, and we continue that 263 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.559 effort through to this day. So we want to just 264 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.759 tell everybody what we're doing, where we're at, and hopefully 265 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:20.240 where we will end up once this process is complete. 266 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:24.399 So we did look at back late last year at 267 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:27.960 all the water sources that are potentially available in the region. 268 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.000 So that's going all the way down to Tulsa with 269 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.440 Keystone Lake and Ulaga Lake, as well as over to 270 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:37.000 close to Ponca City with Caall Lake. We also looked 271 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:39.879 at Skytook and Birch Lake, which are just south of us. 272 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:44.279 There is an aquifer in central Osh County that's called 273 00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:47.639 the aid of a Musa Aquifer, as well as looking 274 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:51.840 at possibly buying treated water from the Tulsa area, either 275 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:55.960 through Skytook, Collinsville or from the city of Tulsa. And 276 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.919 so we looked at all the costs to secure those 277 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:01.639 water rights, the cost to potentially get it to us, 278 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.960 to facilitate a use, and really the top four options 279 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:08.879 as far as the price goes were HeLa Lake, Copan Lake, 280 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:12.799 the aid of EMUSA offer, and then call Late And 281 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:16.679 so we've really been looking at those four options in 282 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:20.399 much more detail to quantify exactly what that would cost, 283 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.840 the time frame potentially to secure those water sources, and 284 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:26.840 then ultimately what that's going to produce as far as 285 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:30.840 a payment that we would have to give to move 286 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:34.039 forward with those options. So with both Hula and Copan Lake, 287 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:37.039 those lakes are controlled and owned by the US Army 288 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:40.919 Corps of Engineer, and so those lakes have a lot 289 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.159 more conditions and requirements that we have to satisfy in 290 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.480 order to secure water from them. We were able to 291 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:49.840 get a million gallons of water a day back in 292 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:54.200 twenty twenty from Copan Lake after about twelve years worth 293 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:58.559 of effort and assistance from our legislative delegation to get 294 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:01.399 some language and a bill that made that option more affordable. 295 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:04.440 But the two options we're looking at Hula and as 296 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.480 well at Copan Lake is to convert what they call 297 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:10.759 flood control to water supply, so that in essence means 298 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.160 that you would raise the elevation or the level of 299 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:16.160 the lake so that those lakes would store more water. 300 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:19.960 So with Heula Lake, that is going to be the 301 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.839 most cost effective option for us to pursue of all 302 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.079 the options that we've looked at, and we've been in 303 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:29.680 discussions with the Core of Engineers to start a study 304 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:33.279 for them to look at what that would entail. They 305 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:36.680 look at not only the impact to the structure of 306 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:40.960 the dam itself, but also to potential risk and loss 307 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.599 of benefit from a flood control perspective. So Hula Lake 308 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.880 was originally built in the late fifties primarily as a 309 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:51.039 flood control structure with a very limited amount of water 310 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.640 supply that's available within that lake. So we have made 311 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:58.599 those requests. We will meet likely with the Core here 312 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:01.960 sometime in mid October to start getting into more of 313 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.839 the details of that study. That study will likely be 314 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:08.519 a three year type of study that the CORE will perform. 315 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:12.119 We will participate, probably in some form or fashion financially 316 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:17.160 with them in that effort, and we will see how 317 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:20.440 that progresses. But we do believe that that's a viable option. 318 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:22.960 That was an option the CORE did identify in the 319 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.960 early two thousands when we looked at that potential option 320 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:29.920 as well, so we believe that it's still viable. It's 321 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:34.359 just going through the process to ultimately secure and to 322 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.240 move forward with that option. So Copan Lake is really 323 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:41.039 the same type of process. They do have water rights 324 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:44.000 available that are reserved currently by the Town of Copan, 325 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:47.720 so we are working with them to get some legislation 326 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.240 as in conjunction with the Town of Copan to release 327 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:53.480 those water rights so that we can purchase those water 328 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:57.119 rights and then move forward with the flood control reallocation 329 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:01.200 as well. But with all these things, they'd literally take 330 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:04.079 an Act of Congress to move forward. So we've been 331 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:07.880 very blessed to have a very engaged delegation of senators 332 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:11.519 and representatives from the state of Oklahoma that have been 333 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:15.559 working with us and on our behalf to put language 334 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:19.519 together to move forward with that. So again that effort 335 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:23.960 will continue. These are projects that take years and years 336 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:28.160 to do, and if they've have been years and years 337 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:31.480 in the making, to move forward to get to that point, 338 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:35.319 so we will continue to pursue that option as well 339 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:38.039 to see if that can be supplemented as far as 340 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:41.319 water rights and additional water stories that we might be 341 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:44.640 able to capture at that Lake as well, so the 342 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:46.880 aid of a mussa aquifer. So again, this is an 343 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:51.160 aquifer in Central Osage County is considered or classified as 344 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:56.400 a major aquifer by the United States Geological Service. We 345 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:59.079 have done some studies and we're able to find some 346 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:01.880 previous studies that we're done on the amount of water 347 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:06.000 that's available, how much can you pump out through a well, 348 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:09.519 and some of the different considerations for that. So while 349 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:12.880 the aquifer is considered a major aquifer and there's over 350 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:17.880 fourteen million gallons of water available within it, there is 351 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:20.119 a very shallow aquifer and just not a lot of 352 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:23.480 water that we can pump out at on a given well. 353 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.319 So it has a fairly slow recharge rate, is how 354 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.200 they classify that. So the water doesn't move through the 355 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:31.759 soil very quickly, so if you pump out a lot 356 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:34.400 of water, it just doesn't replenish itself very fast. So 357 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:37.880 to counteract that, you just simply can't pump out that 358 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:40.960 much water. But what we have found through that water 359 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:44.640 source is that if we had twenty five wells, we 360 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:47.440 could get one point four million gawns of water a day. 361 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:52.559 So from a usage standpoint, we average about five million 362 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:56.000 gallons of water a day. Our current water storage rights 363 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:59.119 are just above twenty million gallns of water day currently 364 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:02.519 and to get about ten million gallons of water day 365 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:05.279 for future use, which should really get us for the 366 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:08.599 next fifty to one hundred years from a water supply standpoint. 367 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:12.559 So that option is out there, it's available, it's just 368 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:15.599 not hope. It just wasn't as beneficial as far as 369 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.319 the amount of water that we could get from that 370 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:21.480 source as we were hoping. But that's an option that 371 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:25.000 the Water Resource Committee will certainly take into account as 372 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:28.079 we look at all these in conjunction as well as 373 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:31.359 what the cost impacts would be for the customers to 374 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:34.160 pursue that. So the last one that we have looked 375 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:37.799 at is Call Lake. So this is an extremely large lake. 376 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:42.440 It's on the Arkansas River. It has a watershed or 377 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:44.920 the area that drains to that lake starts all the 378 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:48.480 way at the Rocky Mountains. So it has a watershed 379 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:51.799 area of about thirty seven thirty eight thousand square miles, 380 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:55.920 So a huge, huge watershed, very large lake, and they 381 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.400 do have an abundance of water that's available to secure 382 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:03.200 for a water supply standpoint. So in earlier this year, 383 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:06.400 we contracted with an engineering company called S two Engineering 384 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:09.279 to take a look at what the cost would be 385 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:14.480 in the pipeline pump station to get that water to us. 386 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.519 That study will wrap up next week and then we'll 387 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:22.599 present the results to the Water Resources Committee. But that's 388 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:26.119 going to be our most expensive option of the four 389 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:30.160 that we are looking at, so it's likely going to 390 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:33.200 be in the hundreds of millions of dollars to pursue that. 391 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:36.359 The good thing is that it will address our water 392 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.200 needs for the next one hundred plus years, but we 393 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:42.000 will have to pay or find a way to pay 394 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:47.160 for that security if that's the option that is pursued 395 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:51.240 in the future. So in conjunction with that, we also 396 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:54.200 are doing a little bit of an innovative product project 397 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:57.759 at the wastewater plant, and that is what we are 398 00:22:57.839 --> 00:23:01.160 terming a water reuse type of scenarios. So this is 399 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:04.599 where we take water that's treated at the plant and 400 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:08.000 that we pump that water to the Caney River and 401 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:11.799