On Friday, May 7th, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the White River Irrigation District hosted a groundbreaking ceremony west of DeValls Bluff for the first phase of construction for water the distribution network of the Grand Prairie Irrigation Project. The groundbreaking marked the beginning of construction on the first series of canals which will deliver water from the White River to irrigate roughly 37,800 acres of cropland upon completion this initial phase. The full Grand Prairie Irrigation Project, once completed, will provide surface water irrigation from the White River to roughly 250,000 acres in Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe and Prairie counties.
More below:
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/ar/newsroom/releases/3c6939d2-6f09-483f-9b32-b67381f89642/
https://twitter.com/ArkansasNRCS/status/1390743432629571585?s=20