Public Hearing on proposed amendments to District Rules

Posted on November 28th, 2017

The Board of Directors of the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District ("District") will hold a public hearing and may take action on proposed amendments to the District Rules.  The proposed amendments change the District’s rules related to applications for exceptions to the District’s water well spacing requirements by clarifying that the District may consider the effects of an application for an exception to the District’s minimum water well spacing requirements upon any existing well, rather than just existing wells that are registered with the District.  The proposed amendments also make related clarifying and conforming changes to the notice requirements for such exception applications, the authority of the District to use registered existing wells in making a determination of whether a well registration application meets the well spacing requirements from existing wells, and other related conforming changes. This hearing will be held in conjunction with its regu...Read More