The
Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District (the District) will
hold an election on November 4, 2008 to elect two (2) directors to serve
on the District’s Board. One Director will be elected from County
Commissioner Precinct One, and one from Precinct Three,
each for four year terms.
Duties
of a director include determining policy for and regulation of the
withdrawal of groundwater within the boundaries of the District for the
purposes of conserving, preserving, protecting and recharging the
groundwater within the District, and for the purpose of preventing waste
of the groundwater within the District.Directors are not compensated.
At a minimum, directors are expected to meet at least monthly.
Applicants may file
applications for candidacy at the District’s Office during regular
office hours (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.),
beginning Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. and no later than 3:00
p.m. on Tuesday, August 26, 2008.
Applications are
available at the District office located in the Fayette County
Agricultural Building, 255 Svoboda Lane, Room 115, La Grange, Texas.
Call the District Office at (979) 968-3135 for more information.
SMALL TAXING UNIT NOTICE
The Fayette County Groundwater
Conservation District will hold a meeting at 8:30 a.m. on
September 2, 2008 at 255 Svoboda Lane, Room 107, La Grange, Texas to
consider adopting a proprosed tax rate for tax year 2008. The
proposed tax rate is $0.01 per $100 of value.
The proposed tax
rate would increase total taxes in the Fayette County Groundwater
Conservation District by 7.526%
OURMISSION:
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.
