ALTERNATIVES
1) Maintain current land and water treatment
Continue all agricultural and rural residence activities without significant change. Continue
water treatment program as planned by the city of Higginsville.
2) Improve water treatment
Utilize a granulated activated carbon (GAC) water treatment system. Participate in Robert
Segar's University of Missouri study. Develop a Missouri River pumping plan. Make treatment
changes as recommended by Segar's study. Continue agricultural and rural residence activities
without significant change.
3) Improve land treatment
Continue water treatment program as planned by the city of Higginsville. Improve land
treatment through an expanded education and information program, additional cost-share
incentives, and voluntary adoption of new water quality practices.
4) Improve water and land treatment through education and cost-effective methods
Participate in Robert Segar's study. Develop a Missouri River pumping plan. Make treatment
changes as recommended by Segar's study. Improve land treatment through an expanded
education and information program, additional cost-share incentives, and voluntary adoption
of new water quality practices.
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Alternative 4, to improve treatment of both public drinking water and land in the watershed
through education and cost-effective methods, is the selected alternative. Higginsville City
Lake Watershed Steering Committee members expressed a need for all public water supply users,
watershed residents, farmers, and business people to share in the costs and benefits of
improved watershed and drinking water management. The city of Higginsville manages the water
treatment plant and is committed to ensure that all drinking water standards are met. The
Lafayette County SWCD Board has the lead responsibility to conduct a comprehensive land
treatment program in the watershed.
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