Abiy Berehe

1. TCEQ Update
Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
January 27, 2021
Austin, Texas

2. Updates …
 TCEQ Legislative Report
 GCD Performance Review
 Select other TCEQ update
 Texas Groundwater Protection
Committee
 GCD Registration Form

3. TCEQ Legislative Report
 TCEQ-TWDB Priority Groundwater Management
Area annual meeting was held in December 2020
 No new TCEQ-initiated studies pending
 Priority Groundwater Management Areas and
Groundwater Conservation Districts, Report to the
87th Legislature, TCEQ publication SFR-053/20
 Review Panel lessons learned
 Challenges to create GCDs in PGMAs

4. GCD Performance Review
 TCEQ is monitoring six groundwater conservation
districts that have missed their management plan
readoption deadlines
 Starr County GCD is working to implement the
Commission’s April 27, 2020 Order
 State Auditor's Office did not file any GCD audit
review reports with TCEQ in the 2019-2020 biennium
 TCEQ did not receive any Petition of Inquiry since our
last update to this group

5. Select other TCEQ update
 HB 2230 & HB 2771: MOU between TCEQ and
Railroad commission (Class II and Class V injection
wells), EPA has approved TCEQ’s delegation request
 Atrazine and 2,4-D Cooperative Monitoring
 Texas Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) Applet
(https://txasr.tceq.texas.gov/) Contact:
uic@tceq.texas.gov

6. Texas Groundwater Protection
Committee
 Activities of the Texas Groundwater Protection
Committee, Report to the 87th Legislature, TCEQ
publication SFR-47/20
 Selected groundwater protection issues, and
recommendations to improve groundwater protection
 Approved format and content of the 2o2o Joint
Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report
 Approved updates to Landowner's Guide to Plugging
Abandoned Water Wells , TCEQ Publication RG-347

7. GCD Registration Form
 TCEQ Groundwater Conservation District
Registration Form – (TCEQ- 20867)
 Electronic signature – Internet
Explorer must be used, for any other
browser – download form first
 Submit or Email to: GPAT@tceq.Texas.gov

8. Contacts
Abiy Berehe
abiy.berehe@tceq.texas.gov
Peggy Hunka
peggy.hunka@tceq.texas.gov
Groundwater Planning and Assessment Team
Water Availability Division
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality