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— π¨ Rusty Surette (@KBTXRusty) March 31, 2025
The City of Georgetown wants to pump 89 million gallons of groundwater a day away from the Bryan-College Station area.
π« There is are legal effort to stop it . Read how below ππΌ https://t.co/fYEEmpEEQx
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Last: 9 mo ago by txgardengirl
Thanks. XPosted to premium and gave some links. Message your representatives people. Only way they listen.
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Takes 5 seconds and is free to message your reps. Even if you are passing by, just please do it.
Takes 5 seconds and is free to message your reps. Even if you are passing by, just please do it.
this appears to be a state issue. But since there's no bill, and it's late in the legislative session, there may be little that can be done outside of a lawsuit.AggieCVQ said:
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Takes 5 seconds and is free to message your reps. Even if you are passing by, just please do it.
I am very much supporting the lawsuit. At some point the state is going to have to step in and protect water. Our water shouldn't go to keep Austin or San Antonio's lawns green
The state solution to this was to create Groundwater Conservation Districts. therefore they punted the issue to the local districts and empowered them to make deals locally with landowners to sell water to the highest bidder.
The lawsuit is not over any material issue with the removal of 89m gallons per day, which means it is just a delay and not a solution. It may work for Georgetown because of their timelines, but won't for the next town.
Long term, either the legislature needs to pass something impeding property/water rights OR more and more will sell and pump, and the levels will be reduced to DFC, and we will be importing water from somewhere not already at DFC to make ends meet.
2023 had some good water bills. This session seems pretty dry.
Long term, either the legislature needs to pass something impeding property/water rights OR more and more will sell and pump, and the levels will be reduced to DFC, and we will be importing water from somewhere not already at DFC to make ends meet.
2023 had some good water bills. This session seems pretty dry.
Who gets the money? If I build 10 giant water wells and ship it, it's mine. Austin has hinted at metering personal water wells for years. I wouldn't let them anywhere near here. Never trust a state capital city.
I'm sure it's like oil. Land one gets a cut, company gets most of it. Unlike oil, most of the rural land owners need water to survive
Don't kid yourself. We still need oil to survive.FamousAgg said:
I'm sure it's like oil. Land one gets a cut, company gets most of it. Unlike oil, most of the rural land owners need water to survive
I understand that. the individual land owners probably don't need the oil to survive. I'm biased I don't have any mailbox money coming in.
lol - I know many people getting mailbox money. Very few are retiring from it. More like using it for a night at your nearest $100-a-steak place. We have one now.FamousAgg said:
I understand that. the individual land owners probably don't need the oil to survive. I'm biased I don't have any mailbox money coming in.
I'll stay away from the political issues
Even worse that water rights are allowed to be sold off like mineral rights. Nobody cares when the oil well runs dry on the out of state mineral owner. Things won't be so cordial when personal water wells go dry, while absentee owners are still getting checks.
The whole mess needs to be addressed. Like yesterday.
The whole mess needs to be addressed. Like yesterday.
Angry Farmers and ranchers will make these Tesla protestors look like child's play
FamousAgg said:
Angry Farmers and ranchers will make these Tesla protestors look like child's play
Seems fair to me to limit water pumping based on the size of the land as a percentage of the size of the aquifer, starting with either the recharge rate or the overall volume.
(land_acres / aquifer_acres) * prior_year_aquifer_recharge
You want the whole aquifer, buy the whole aquifer.
(land_acres / aquifer_acres) * prior_year_aquifer_recharge
You want the whole aquifer, buy the whole aquifer.
There is least 1 set of bills before the TX legislature dealing with water this session - both provide for water infrastructure investment
SB7/SJR66 Perry
HB16/HJR7 Harris
SB7/SJR66 Perry
HB16/HJR7 Harris