Texas Hill Country Water Management Districts Raymond M

Texas Hill Country Water Management Districts Raymond M. Slade, Jr, Certified Professional Hydrologist Additional information regarding water management districts and Texas water law is presented by the Hill Country Alliance in a presentation named “Basic law and management of Texas waters” at http: //www. hillcountryalliance. org/HCA/Presentations

Under authority of the Texas Water Code http: //tlo 2. tlc. state. tx. us/statutes/wa. toc. htm Groundwater Districts manage groundwater in the State, and, River Authorities and Special Law Districts manage surface water. Groundwater Districts All groundwater districts are members of the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts online at http: //www. texasgroundwater. org A summary of the authority, operations, and programs for these districts is online at http: //www. texasgroundwater. org/District. Programs. htm River Authority and Special Law Districts “Texas Water Info” contains much information regarding river authorities online at http: //www. txwin. net/Monitoring/SW/RA's. htm Many districts exist in the Hill Country. The following slides present information for these districts– their names, a map showing the boundary of their authority, and hyperlinks to their Internet homepages.

Statewide map on the Internet at http: //www. twdb. state. tx. us/mapping/index. asp

Groundwater District names by number on previous slide 2. Bandera County River Authority & Ground Water District http: //www. banderacounty. org/services/BCRAGD. htm 3. Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer CD 5. Blanco-Pedernales GCD 10. Central Texas GCD 18. Cow Creek GCD 20. Edwards Aquifer Authority 31. Hays Trinity GCD 34. Hickory UWCD No. 1 36. Hill Country UWCD http: //www. bseacd. org/ http: //www. blancocountygroundwater. org/ http: //www. centraltexasgcd. org/ http: //www. ccgcd. org/ http: //www. edwardsaquifer. org/ http: //www. haysgroundwater. com/ http: //www. hickoryuwcd. org/ http: //www. hcuwcd. org/ 41. Kimble County GCD P O Box 31, Junction, Texas 76849 51. Medina County GCD http: //www. medinagwcd. org/ 68. Real-Edwards C and R District 83. Trinity Glen Rose GCD 84. Uvalde County UWCD http: //www. recrd. org/ http: //www. trinityglenrose. org/ http: //www. uvaldecountyuwcd. org/

Statewide map on the Internet at http: //www. twdb. state. tx. us/mapping/index. asp

River Authority and Special law Districts from previous slide Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties WCID #1 226 Hwy 132, Natalia, TX 78059 http: //law. onecle. com/texas/special-district/chapter 9007. html Bexar Metropolitan Water District Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Lower Colorado River Authority Nueces River Authority San Antonio River Authority Upper Guadalupe River Authority http: //www. bexarmet. org/ http: //www. gbra. org/ http: //www. lcra. org/ http: //www. nueces-ra. org/ http: //www. sara-tx. org/ http: //www. ugra. org/