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Cooperative Strategies for Groundwater Sarah Rountree Schlessinger Texas Water Foundation April 10, 2019 Questions How does Texas manage groundwater? How do we cooperate/coordinate across boundaries? What challenges and


  1. Cooperative Strategies for Groundwater Sarah Rountree Schlessinger Texas Water Foundation April 10, 2019

  2. Questions • How does Texas manage groundwater? • How do we cooperate/coordinate across boundaries? • What challenges and opportunities exist?

  3. GCD=Groundwater Conservation Districts General Statutory Authority Specific Enabling Legislation

  4. Balancing Act Conservation, preservation, protection, recharging and prevention of waste of groundwater Rights of Landowners and the highest practicable level of groundwater production

  5. Groundwater Wells Spacing Production 6

  6. Science & Policy MAG DFC Groundwater Science Groundwater Policy Aquifer Uses State Water Hydrological or Conditions Plan Conditions Private Physical Expression of Policy Decision of Impacts on Socioeconomic Property Aquifer Capacity Aquifer Conditions Subsidence Impacts Rights Any other Environmental Feasibility of relevant Impacts achieving DFC information

  7. Regional & Joint Planning MAG GCD SWIFT RWPG Regional Planning Joint Planning State Water TWDB GMA Plan DFC

  8. How does Texas manage groundwater? • Decentralized groundwater management • Regional planning groups • Stakeholder driven, ground up state water planning What challenges and opportunities exist? • Data, funding, legal vulnerability • GCD Uniformity • Groundwater/surface water interaction • Transboundary management

  9. Questions? Sarah Rountree Schlessinger sarah@texaswater.org

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