Vista Ridge PanelTexas alliance of groundwater
districts
2015 Groundwater Summit
August 25, 2015
Gary Westbrook POSGCD General ManagerOffice: 512-455-9900Cell: 979-571-5761Email: [email protected]: 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• 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– 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 • Permit requirements• Five year reviews• DFC Process (GMA and District)• Thresholds (Section 16 of Rules) and Monitoring• Improvement of Groundwater Modeling Tools
Shallow DeepHooper 8 0Simsboro 13 20Calvert Bluff 5 0Carrizo 4 4Queen City 5 6Sparta 0 10Yegua-Jackson N/A 3Brazos River Alluvium 7 N/A
Management ZoneAquifer
Posgcd CURRENT MONITOR WELL COUNT
POSGCD Monitoring Locations for Wilcox Aquifer
