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VISTA RIDGE PANEL
TEXAS ALLIANCE OF TEXAS ALLIANCE OF TEXAS ALLIANCE OF TEXAS ALLIANCE OF
GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS
2015 GROUNDWATER SUMMIT2015 GROUNDWATER SUMMIT2015 GROUNDWATER SUMMIT2015 GROUNDWATER SUMMIT
AUGUST 25, 2015AUGUST 25, 2015AUGUST 25, 2015AUGUST 25, 2015
Gary Westbrook
POSGCD General Manager
Office: 512-455-9900
Cell: 979-571-5761
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.posgcd.org
HISTORY
• 2000- Estimated that 35,000 + Acres leased (Rockdale Reporter)
• 2001 POSGCD Created
• 2004 POSGCD Adopts Management Plan and Rules
• 2004- Layne Water Development of Texas Production & Transport Permits approved for 15,488 Acre Feet/Year
• 2005- LWDT amends permits to 30,993 AF• 2005- LWDT amends permits to 30,993 AF
• 2007- Blue Water Systems purchases rights to permits and leases
• 2009- BWS amends permits to 70,993 AF
• 2014- BWS splits permits into 20,000 AF to serve I-130 area, 50,993 AF to BWS-Vista Ridge regional project
• 2015- BWS-VR permit transferred to Abengoa-Vista Ridge
PERMIT SPECIFICS
• Production permitted from Simsboro and Carrizo aquifers in Burleson County (GMA 12) based on correlative rights approach (currently 2 AF/Acre/Year Max Production)
• Multiple GAM runs and POSGCD Management Strategies evaluated at each application
• 30 Yr. Transport permit, 40 Yr. production permit• 30 Yr. Transport permit, 40 Yr. production permit– Effective date of September 14, 2004
– Contingent on water availability based on aquifer conditions
– 5 Year Reviews
– Permits adjustable
– Additional Restrictions and Requirements
– Risks of availability born by permittee
• Advanced POSGCD Monitoring Network
CARRIZO-WILCOX AQUIFER
CENTRAL CARRIZO-WILCOX AREA
ESTABLISHED TOOLS IN PLACE TO
ACHIEVE MANAGEMENT GOALS
• Well Spacing
• Contiguous Acreage requirements
• Management Zones
• Production per acre limits (currently 2 Acre Feet/Acre/Yr)
• Total permitted • Total permitted
• Permit requirements
• Five year reviews
• DFC Process (GMA and District)
• Thresholds (Section 16 of Rules) and Monitoring
• Improvement of Groundwater Modeling Tools
Shallow Deep
Hooper 8 0
Simsboro 13 20
Calvert Bluff 5 0
Management ZoneAquifer
POSGCD CURRENT MONITOR WELL COUNT
Calvert Bluff 5 0
Carrizo 4 4
Queen City 5 6
Sparta 0 10
Yegua-Jackson N/A 3
Brazos River Alluvium 7 N/A
POSGCD MONITORING LOCATIONS FOR WILCOX AQUIFER