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The District will be moving into it's new office located in the new Agricultural Building located at 255 Svoboda Lane, Room 115, in La Grange on May 17, 2008.

 

Fayette County GCD offices are moving!!!!

The time has finally come!  The Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District will be moving into its new offices located in the brand new Agricultural Building located at 255 Svoboda Lane, Room 115 in La Grange on May 17, 2008.  As a result of the move, the office will be closed for business Thursday, May 15 through Tuesday, May 20, 2008.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 

We invite and welcome you to come by and check out our new surroundings!!

 

 

TWDB Launches "Texas Rain Catcher Award"

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) launched the Texas Rain Catcher Award  program  on October 1, 2007, to promote rainwater harvesting in Texas, educate the public, and recognize excellence in the application of rainwater harvesting systems.  The competition is open to all individuals, companies, organizations, municipalities, and other state and local governmental entities in Texas.  To apply for this award, owners of rainwater harvesting systems in Texas must submit applications describing their systems.  These applications will be judged by a  team consisting of TWDB staff and outside expert(s), and winners will be publicly recognized on the TWDB web site for at least two years.

For details on how to apply and to see judging criteria, please visit TWDB's Rainwater Harvesting page at http://twdb.state.tx.us/iwt/rainwater.asp 

 

 

NOTICE

The Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District has adopted a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year's tax rate.

The tax rate is 0.01 and will raise taxes for maintenance and operations on a $100,000 home by approximately $2.50 (two dollars and fifty cents).

 



OUR
MISSION:

To provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of groundwater and 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 conservation districts created as provided by this chapter are the state's preferred method of groundwater management through rules developed, adopted, and promulgated by a district in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.


GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The District was formed, and has been operated from its inception, with the guiding belief that the ownership and pumpage of groundwater is a private property right. It is understood that, through the confirmation election of the District, the landowners relinquished some of their control over that right for the collective benefit of the community which the District serves.

The District has adopted the principle of “education first” and regulation as a last resort in their effort to encourage conservation of the resource.  As a result, the rules of the District are designed to give all landowners a fair and equal opportunity to use the groundwater resource underlying their property for beneficial purposes.  If, at the request of the constituents of the District, more stringent management strategies are needed to better manage the resource, these strategies will be put in place after an extensive educational process and with the perceived majority approval of the constituents. The District will continue to monitor groundwater quality and quantity in order to better understand the dynamics of the aquifer systems over which it has jurisdiction.  



The District offers free brochures and information sheets concerning many aspects of water conservation and protection. In addition, there is a quarterly newsletter, and a weekly e-mail to inform District residents of water issues in the news, both available free upon request. For more information, contact us.



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