From Winter 2024 TAGD Business Meeting, January 30-31 at Embassy Suites Round Rock

1. GROUNDWATER
AVAILABILITY
CERTIFICATIONS
TAGD Business Meeting
January 30, 2024

2. PANELISTS
• Dave Mauk – Bandera County RAGD
• Dirk Aaron – Clearwater UWCD (Bell)
• Doug Shaw – Upper Trinity GCD (Hood, Parker, Montague, Wise)
• Zach Holland – Bluebonnet GCD (Austin, Grimes, Walker, Waller)
Moderator: Madison Huerta, Lloyd Gosselink Law Firm
GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY
CERTIFICATIONS – Panelists

3. GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY
CERTIFICATIONS - BACKGROUND
 A certification that adequate groundwater is available that is
prepared by a Texas licensed professional engineer or geoscientist.
 Authority: Local Gov’t Code §§ 212.0101, 232.0032
• PGMAs – TWC § 35.019
 TCEQ Rules: Title 30, Chapter 230

4.  Requires plat applications to include a groundwater availability certification.
 Exceptions for (1) Gulf Coast and Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifers and (2) 10 parts or less.
GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY
CERTIFICATIONS – SB 2440 (88R)

5. GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY
CERTIFICATIONS - PROCESS
 Role of GCD in the certification process
 GCD arrangements with platting authorities
 Challenges for GCDs
• Funding
• Education

6. GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY
CERTIFICATIONS – Technical Requirements
 Current Technical Requirements:
• Proposed subdivision information
• Water demand estimate
• Site specific groundwater data
• Groundwater availability
• Aquifer parameters
 Input GCDs provide to platting authorities

7. GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY
CERTIFICATIONS – What’s Next?
 TAGD Proposed Rulemaking to Implement SB 2440
• Comments – Spring / Summer 2024
• Final Rules – Fall 2024
 Advice from Panelists

8. PANELISTS
• Dave Mauk – Bandera County RAGD
• Dirk Aaron – Clearwater UWCD (Bell)
• Doug Shaw – Upper Trinity GCD (Hood, Parker, Montague, Wise)
• Zach Holland – Bluebonnet GCD (Austin, Grimes, Walker, Waller)
Moderator: Madison Huerta, Lloyd Gosselink Law Firm
GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY
CERTIFICATIONS – Questions