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        "Wharton County source coverage"
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        "Open the official TxGIO StratMap page.",
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      "short_description": "Official TxGIO StratMap navigation entry for address-point data that may support routing in a separately approved future release.",
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      "terms_url": "https://tnris.org/site-policies.html",
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        "The official StratMap source family and dataset context",
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        "Occupancy, ownership, legal situs, service, or mailing status",
        "Authorization for public address text, coordinates, features, or search",
        "Property identity or boundary conclusions"
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      "agency": "Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District",
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        "Open the official district website.",
        "Use the district navigation or contact route for the relevant record family.",
        "For non-excepted public records not posted online, follow the district's public-information request process."
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        "Official district contact and source-navigation pages",
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        "Present permit standing or legal conclusions",
        "Ownership or entitlement",
        "Permission to mirror the district document library, graphics, or tables"
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      "agency": "Texas Commission on Environmental Quality",
      "agency_level": "Texas state agency",
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        "Wharton"
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      "required_disclaimer_text": "TexasWaterSources.com is an independent research and source-navigation service. Neither this website nor the information as presented is endorsed by the State of Texas, the Texas Water Development Board, TxGIO, or any groundwater conservation district. Official agency and district records remain the authoritative sources.",
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        "Open the official TCEQ FeatureServer layer page.",
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      "title": "TCEQ Groundwater Conservation District Boundaries",
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        "Physical characteristics",
        "Water rights and regulation"
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        "The official district-boundary layer and its field metadata",
        "Candidate district-routing context for a Texas location",
        "Agency source and update metadata where available"
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        "A legally controlling, survey-grade, or title boundary",
        "Current permit standing or regulatory applicability",
        "Authorization for raw layer, vector tile, or copied-map publication"
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    },
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      "agency": "Texas Water Development Board",
      "agency_level": "Texas state agency",
      "attribution_text": "Source: Texas Water Development Board Groundwater Database.",
      "counties": [
        "Wharton"
      ],
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        "Texas statewide",
        "Wharton County records may be available"
      ],
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        "groundwater",
        "water level",
        "water quality",
        "well",
        "Wharton"
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      "official_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/data/gwdbrpt.asp",
      "required_disclaimer_text": "TexasWaterSources.com is an independent research and source-navigation service. Neither this website nor the information as presented is endorsed by the State of Texas, the Texas Water Development Board, TxGIO, or any groundwater conservation district. Official agency and district records remain the authoritative sources.",
      "search_steps": [
        "Open the official TWDB groundwater report search.",
        "Choose a county, well identifier, or available search criterion.",
        "Review the agency record date and source notes before relying on a result."
      ],
      "search_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/data/gwdbrpt.asp",
      "short_description": "Official TWDB search surface for selected groundwater well, measurement, and water-quality records.",
      "sort_priority": 10,
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      "source_date_basis": "Source page verified 2026-07-14; individual records retain agency observation dates.",
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      "terms_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/policies/site/index.asp",
      "title": "TWDB Groundwater Database",
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        "Physical characteristics",
        "Water availability"
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        "Agency well identifiers and available groundwater observations",
        "Measurement dates and regional groundwater context",
        "County-level routes to selected TWDB groundwater records"
      ],
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        "A complete registry of every well",
        "Present well condition, water availability, or property suitability",
        "Ownership, title, or permit standing"
      ]
    },
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      "agency": "Texas Geographic Information Office",
      "agency_level": "Texas state agency",
      "attribution_text": "Source: Texas Geographic Information Office (TxGIO), StratMap Land Parcels.",
      "counties": [
        "Wharton"
      ],
      "districts": [],
      "geographic_scope": [
        "Texas statewide",
        "Wharton County source coverage"
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      "required_disclaimer_text": "TexasWaterSources.com is an independent research and source-navigation service. Neither this website nor the information as presented is endorsed by the State of Texas, the Texas Water Development Board, TxGIO, or any groundwater conservation district. Official agency and district records remain the authoritative sources.",
      "search_steps": [
        "Open the official TxGIO Land Parcels page.",
        "Review the source description, coverage, and stated limitations.",
        "Use this entry only for source navigation; no parcel feature data is included here."
      ],
      "search_url": "https://geographic.texas.gov/stratmap/land-parcels.html",
      "short_description": "Official TxGIO dataset description for parcel geometry that may support map orientation in a separately approved future release.",
      "sort_priority": 10,
      "source_category": "Parcel orientation",
      "source_date_basis": "Source page and policy verified 2026-07-14; no parcel feature rows are published.",
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      "terms_url": "https://tnris.org/site-policies.html",
      "title": "TxGIO StratMap Land Parcels",
      "trec_sections": [
        "Physical characteristics",
        "Property identification"
      ],
      "what_it_can_help_find": [
        "The official parcel dataset landing page and source notes",
        "Potential parcel-orientation use for later bounded research",
        "Dataset scope and update context published by TxGIO"
      ],
      "what_it_cannot_confirm": [
        "Title, survey accuracy, or a legally controlling boundary",
        "Ownership, value, or legal-description facts",
        "Authorization for public parcel features, maps, identifiers, or lookup"
      ]
    },
    {
      "agency": "Texas Water Development Board",
      "agency_level": "Texas state agency",
      "attribution_text": "Source: Texas Water Development Board, Water Data for Texas.",
      "counties": [
        "Wharton"
      ],
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        "Texas statewide regional recorder context"
      ],
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        "groundwater trend",
        "measurement date",
        "recorder well",
        "water conditions"
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      "last_verified_date": "2026-07-14",
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      "official_url": "https://waterdatafortexas.org/groundwater",
      "required_disclaimer_text": "TexasWaterSources.com is an independent research and source-navigation service. Neither this website nor the information as presented is endorsed by the State of Texas, the Texas Water Development Board, TxGIO, or any groundwater conservation district. Official agency and district records remain the authoritative sources.",
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        "Open the official groundwater conditions page.",
        "Select the relevant region or recorder well when available.",
        "Compare the measurement date and station context before interpreting the observation."
      ],
      "search_url": "https://waterdatafortexas.org/groundwater",
      "short_description": "Official TWDB source for dated groundwater recorder observations and regional water-condition context.",
      "sort_priority": 10,
      "source_category": "Water conditions",
      "source_date_basis": "Source page verified 2026-07-14; displayed measurements carry agency dates.",
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      "terms_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/policies/site/index.asp",
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        "Recent measurement dates for participating recorder wells",
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        "Agency source notes for reported measurements"
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        "Conditions at a specific property or unmonitored well",
        "Future water availability or well performance",
        "A complete historical archive through this directory entry"
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    },
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      "agency": "Texas Water Development Board",
      "agency_level": "Texas state agency",
      "attribution_text": "Source: Texas Water Development Board submitted driller report records.",
      "counties": [
        "Wharton"
      ],
      "districts": [],
      "geographic_scope": [
        "Texas statewide",
        "Wharton County reports may be available"
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        "well construction"
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      "official_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/data/index.asp",
      "required_disclaimer_text": "TexasWaterSources.com is an independent research and source-navigation service. Neither this website nor the information as presented is endorsed by the State of Texas, the Texas Water Development Board, TxGIO, or any groundwater conservation district. Official agency and district records remain the authoritative sources.",
      "search_steps": [
        "Open the TWDB groundwater data landing page.",
        "Select the submitted driller report search or viewer route.",
        "Use report identifiers and dates as source references, not as present-condition conclusions."
      ],
      "search_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/data/index.asp",
      "short_description": "Official TWDB navigation entry for submitted water-well driller report records and report identifiers.",
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      "source_category": "Well reports",
      "source_date_basis": "Source page verified 2026-07-14; report dates are agency-record fields.",
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      "terms_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/policies/site/index.asp",
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        "Water availability"
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        "Submitted report identifiers and report dates",
        "Reported construction or location context where the agency record provides it",
        "County-level paths to submitted driller reports"
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      "what_it_cannot_confirm": [
        "Whether a reported well still exists or operates",
        "Future yield, water availability, or property suitability",
        "Ownership or current permit standing"
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    },
    {
      "agency": "Texas Water Development Board",
      "agency_level": "Texas state agency",
      "attribution_text": "Source: Texas Water Development Board plugging report records.",
      "counties": [
        "Wharton"
      ],
      "districts": [],
      "geographic_scope": [
        "Texas statewide",
        "Wharton County reports may be available"
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      "official_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/data/index.asp",
      "required_disclaimer_text": "TexasWaterSources.com is an independent research and source-navigation service. Neither this website nor the information as presented is endorsed by the State of Texas, the Texas Water Development Board, TxGIO, or any groundwater conservation district. Official agency and district records remain the authoritative sources.",
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        "Open the TWDB groundwater data landing page.",
        "Navigate to the available plugging-report search resources.",
        "Check the report identifier, report date, and agency caveats for each result."
      ],
      "search_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/data/index.asp",
      "short_description": "Official TWDB navigation entry for submitted well-plugging report records and report dates.",
      "sort_priority": 20,
      "source_category": "Well reports",
      "source_date_basis": "Source page verified 2026-07-14; report dates are agency-record fields.",
      "source_id": "twdb_plugging_reports",
      "terms_url": "https://www.twdb.texas.gov/policies/site/index.asp",
      "title": "TWDB Plugging Reports",
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        "Physical characteristics",
        "Water availability"
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      "what_it_can_help_find": [
        "Plugging report identifiers and reported dates",
        "Agency-record location context where supplied",
        "County-level paths to submitted plugging records"
      ],
      "what_it_cannot_confirm": [
        "Present physical conditions at a reported location",
        "Parcel attribution, ownership, or title",
        "The completeness of all historical plugging activity"
      ]
    }
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