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Status at source check: Proposed, not adopted at the October 20 source check. The notice allows adoption at the end of the hearing or later, including changes based on comments without another notice.
The October 27 rulemaking hearing concerns proposed changes to well and permit applications, hydrogeologic reports and other rules. Four selected changes below could affect project planning; none is described here as an adopted requirement.
Who it matters to: Water suppliers planning more groundwater production, groundwater-dependent subdivision developers, drillers and permit applicants in the Northern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. Neighbors and other interested people may also comment.
Status at source check: Adopted October 15; the revised schedule takes effect November 1, 2026. A separate signed June 23 resolution establishes a conditional operating-permit application fee waiver for qualifying older nonexempt wells.
The board adopted a revised FY 2026–2027 fee schedule October 15, effective November 1, 2026. It adds separate export-permit and exported-volume rows and replaces the earlier screening menu with combined panels. The schedule alone does not impose a new registration fee on every existing well.
Who it matters to: Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District well owners, permit applicants, groundwater exporters and residents choosing water-quality screening.
Status at source check: Adopted and effective October 16, 2026.
The board adopted amendments October 16, effective that day. The resolution distinguishes qualifying historical production from new conditional permits. Conditional Trinity production has initial annual acreage-based ceilings of 10,000 gallons per acre in the Middle and Lower Trinity zones and 5,000 in the Upper Trinity. The calculation uses contiguous controlled acreage and accounts for production under other permits and exempt wells tied to that acreage and zone. These are ceilings, not an entitlement. New nonexempt Upper Trinity wells are limited to domestic or livestock use.
Who it matters to: Anyone planning a new nonexempt Trinity well or seeking more production inside the Barton Springs–Edwards Aquifer Conservation District.
Status at source check: Contested case; Board approved the referral request October 14.
At the October 14 preliminary hearing, the presiding officer found Save Burnet Water Alliance’s request qualified and declared the application contested. Asphalt’s counsel requested State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) proceedings, and the Board passed a motion accepting the referral request. The district did not approve or deny the requested pumping at that hearing.
Who it matters to: Well owners following Asphalt Inc.’s application OP-26081401 and people tracking the case’s hearing process.
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department requests 8 acre-feet a year combined across two wells, not 8 acre-feet per well. The newly posted board agenda identifies the park and schedules possible permit action after the public hearing. This is a proposed authorization, not evidence that the permit has been granted or that this amount is being pumped.
Who it matters to: Kimble County well owners and readers following South Llano River State Park’s proposed public-water-supply production.
Status at source check: Proposed conditions; adoption scheduled for consideration. No October 20 outcome claimed.
Groundwater Management Area 2 is scheduled to consider final desired future conditions and its explanatory report. The published proposal is a GMA-wide average drawdown of 23 feet from 2020 to 2080 for the Ogallala and Edwards-Trinity (High Plains) aquifers, and 22 feet for the Dockum. These are regional planning goals, not a prediction for an individual well or permission to pump a particular amount. The draft explains that TWDB uses adopted conditions to model available groundwater.
Who it matters to: People planning irrigated farming or future community water supplies in the South Plains who need to understand regional supply assumptions.
