The Gonzales County Underground Water District ("GCUWCD") this week issued a revised draft of its Grounwater Management Plan ("GMP"). The GMP, which is mandated of all groundwater districts by Chapter 36 of the texas Water Code, addresses the following management goals, as applicable: (1) providing the most efficient use of groundwater, (2) controlling and preventing waste of groundwater, (3) controlling and preventing subsidence, (4) addressing conjunctive surface water management issues, (5) addressing natural resource issues, (6) addressing drought conditions, (7) addressing conservation, recharge enhancement, rainwater, precipitation enhancement, or brush control, where appropriate and cost-effective, and (8) addressing the desired future conditions of the groundwater resources.
The GCUWCD was created by order of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) dated November 19, 1993, and currently regulates grounwater located in the Carrizo, Wilcox. Sparta and Queen City aquifers in Gonzales County, Texas and a small portion of Caldwell County, Texas.
Presently, Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corp., Canyon Regional Water Authority, the Cities of Nixon and Smiley, and the Gonzales County Water Supply Corporation hold permits issued by the GCUWCD. In addition, the San Antonio Water System has applied for permits which would authorize the production and transport of 11,000 acre-feet annually from Gonzales County. The SAWS permit application is currently the subject of a contested case hearing pending before the GCUWCD Board.
GCUWCD has requested comments on the draft groundwater management plan, and will consider such comments before it adopts a final plan, which will be submitted to the regional water planning group.
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Trey Wilson: Texas Water Lawyer -- Texas Groundwater Permit and Water Rights Attorney
Trey Wilson -- Texas Water Lawyer, Groundwater Permit and Water Rights Attorney
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