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    • Meet the Staff
    • History of BCRAGD
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    • Contact Us
  • Groundwater
    • Well Permitting and Registrations
    • Monitor Wells
    • Abandoned Well | Plugging Program
    • Best Practices for Well Owners
    • Groundwater Planning
    • Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
    • Drought Management
  • Surface Water
    • Water Quality Testing
    • Clean Rivers Program
    • Projects
  • Medina Lake
  • Environmental Services
    • Laboratory Services
    • Environmental Investigations/Illegal Dumping
  • Flood Management
    • River & Rainfall Gages
    • Weather
    • Flood Early Warning System
    • Texas Floodplain Management Association
  • Education
    • K-12 Programs
    • Community Initiatives
    • Collaborative Agency Resource Page
    • Internship Program
    • Tools for Sustainability
  • Transparency
BCRAGD
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Rules & Regulations
    • Board Members
    • Meet the Staff
    • History of BCRAGD
    • News
    • Meetings/Postings
    • Contact Us
  • Groundwater
    • Well Permitting and Registrations
    • Monitor Wells
    • Abandoned Well | Plugging Program
    • Best Practices for Well Owners
    • Groundwater Planning
    • Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
    • Drought Management
  • Surface Water
    • Water Quality Testing
    • Clean Rivers Program
    • Projects
  • Medina Lake
  • Environmental Services
    • Laboratory Services
    • Environmental Investigations/Illegal Dumping
  • Flood Management
    • River & Rainfall Gages
    • Weather
    • Flood Early Warning System
    • Texas Floodplain Management Association
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Groundwater Planning

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Groundwater Planning

Below you can find short descriptions of and links to water planning groups that BCRAGD is a part of, and related associations and groups that assist in future groundwater legislation.


Plateau Regional Water Planning Group (Region J)

“The mission of the Regional Water Planning Section is to guide and support planning of the state’s water resources by administering and assisting in the development of the regional and state water plans. Activities include: provide direct technical and administrative assistance to the regional water planning groups; water planning data collection, analysis, and dissemination; fund and manage regional planning contracts; serve as liaisons (non-voting member) to regional water planning groups; manage research and facility planning grant contracts; and review financial assistance loan applications.” -Texas Water Development Board

Region J consists of Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, and Val Verde counties.


Groundwater Management Area 9 (GMA-9)

Groundwater Management Areas (GMAs) were created “in order to provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of the groundwater, and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, and to control subsidence caused by withdrawal of water from those groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, consistent with the objectives of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, groundwater management areas may be created…” (Texas Water Code Section 35.001)

Each GMA must produce management plans during 5-year planning cycles which consist of Desired Future Conditions (DFCs) proposed by the GMA using the Modeled Available Groundwater (MAG) produced by Texas Water Development Board. Desired future conditions are defined in Title 31, Part 10, §356.10 (6) of the Texas Administrative Code as “the desired, quantified condition of groundwater resources (such as water levels, spring flows, or volumes) within a management area at one or more specified future times as defined by participating groundwater conservation districts within a groundwater management area as part of the joint planning process.”


Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA)

Hours of operation open to the public are Monday – Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. We are closed Saturday and Sunday

(830) 796-7260

440 FM 3240 | P.O. Box 177
Bandera, TX 78003

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