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About the District
The purpose of the District is to conserve, preserve, protect, recharge and prevent the waste of groundwater and to control subsidence caused by groundwater withdrawals. The Southern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District has within its boundaries the Trinity, the Woodbine and the Brazos River Alluvium aquifers.In 1997 Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 1, which called for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to designate Priority Groundwater Management Areas (PGMA). A PGMA is an area that is experiencing or that is expected to experience critical groundwater problems within the next 25 years. In 2005 the area of McLennan, Coryell, Bosque Hill and Somervell Counties were designated as a PGMA.
McLennan County was designated as a PGMA due to its high population per capita in comparison with other area of Texas. The Dallas metroplex area is another PGMA. Formation of a groundwater conservation district is a way to slow and attempt to reverse the overuse of the Trinity Aquifer in our area.
The County Commissioners appointed one director from each of the precincts and County Judge appointed one director to represent the district at large. The Directors are responsible for determining policy and regulating the withdrawal and use of groundwater within the boundaries of the District.
Board Members
Precinct 1: Glen Thurman (Secretary/Treasurer)
Precinct 2: Cullen Harris (Director)
Precinct 3: Scooter Radcliffe (Vice President)
Precinct 4: Rodney Kroll (President)
At Large: Marc Scott (Director)