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Core Values Professionalism, Dedication to Science, Honor and Integrity, Public Service, Stewardship, Leadership and Collaboration, Accountability and Transparency Contact Information Address: 440 FM 3240 1PO Box ^ ^ 177, Bandera, TX 78003-0177 Phone:(830) 796-7260 Website: www.bcragd.org Social Media: www.facebook.com/bcragd/ http://twitter.com/BCRAGD_TX ^ \ w ■ \ Table of Contents Part 1; District Information About the District 1 Purpose of a District 2 Location, Aquifers,& River Basins 3-4 District Staff 5-7 District Teams 7 General Manager's Statement 8 Part 2: District Programs & Initiatives List of Programs & Initiatives 11 Collaboration Highlights 12 Program Descriptions Groundwater Programs 13-18 Surface Water Programs 19-26 Enforcement/ Investigations 27 Education & Outreach 28-36 Regional Resource Planning & Collaboration 37-38 Part 3: Articles,Publications, & Press Releases List of Publications 41 Featured Publications 42-52 Appendix A;Performance & Management Goals Appendix B: Annual Financial Report by Ede & Company,LLC. About the District 1989 Springhllls Water Z' '\ • HB988 of the 62"^ Texas Management District • TCEQauthorized name Legislature change • Article XVI, Section 59 of the • SB 1636ofthe71^Texas • Continuesaii programs and Texas Constitution Legislature activitiesof SWMD • Vested with all of the rights, • Jointsurfaceand • Chapter 36, 49,and 51 of the powers, privileges, authority groundwaterdistrict Texas Water Code and duties of a WCID • Chapter 50,52 of Texas Water Code+ 8CRA 2003 1971 •9 directors Bandera County River Bandera County River Authority & Groundwater Authority District Bandera County River Authority incorporated by reference with the same effect as if incorporated in full in this Act. In 1971, the 62nd Texas Legislature cre ated the Bandera County River Authority under House Bill 988. It was created as a conservation Springhills Water Management and reclamation district under and pursuant to District Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitu In 1985, the Board of Directors began tion. As defined by Article 8280-526, Vernon's working with State and local officials, and con Texas Civil Statutes, the River Authority encom cerned citizens to determine the most advanta passed all of the territory contained in Bandera geous method to manage groundwater in Bande County except the territory included in the ra County. After numerous public meetings, the Bandera County Fresh Water Supply District decision was made to pursue legislation creating No.l (Pebble Beach) and the Bandera County a joint surface and groundwater district in Water Control and Improvement District No.l Bandera County. The result was the creation of (City of Bandera). According to the provisions the Springhills Water Management District. of the legislation, the Bandera County River Springhills Water Management District Authority shall have and exercise and is hereby was created under Senate Bill 1636. The vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges, District's enabling legislation, appearing as Act authority and duties conferred and imposed by of lune 17,1989, Ch. 654,1989, Tex. Gen. Laws the general laws of this state now in force or 2155 (Vernon), granted the District the rights, hereafter enacted, applicable to water control powers, privileges, authority, functions, and and improvement districts created under au duties provided by Chapters 50 and 52; and the thority of Article XVI, Section 59 of the Texas rights, powers, purposes, authority, and func Constitution; but to the extent that the tions of the Bandera County River Authority. Provisions of any such general laws may be in The legislation defines the District's boundaries conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of as all of the territory contained within Bandera this Act, the provisions of this Act shall prevail. County. The legislation further stipulates that All such general laws are hereby adopted and the Board of Directors will be comprised of nine -ml (9) directors. The directors will be elected from Bandera County River Authority commissioner precincts with one director at large. The Springhills Water Management Dis and Groundwater District trict continued all of the programs and activities On April 10,2003, the Texas Commission initiated by the River Authority, and imple on Environmental Quality(TCEQ) authorized mented the programs required of a groundwater changing the District's name to Bandera Coun conservation district. ty River Authority and Groundwater District (BCRAGD). The BCRAGD continues all the programs and activities of Springhills Water Management District. BCRAGD has all of the rights, powers, privileges, authority,functions, and duties now provided by Chapter 36,49, and 51 of the Texas Water Code. Purpose ofa District Texas Water Code, Chapter 51, Water Texas Water Code, Chapter 36, Control and Improvement District Groundwater Conservation Districts 51.121. Purposes of a District(River 36.0015. Purpose (Groundwater) Authority) In order to provide for the conservation, A water control and improvement district preservation, protection, recharging, and preven organized under the provisions of Article XVI, tion of waste of groundwater, and of groundwater Section 59,of the Texas Constitution, may reservoirs or their subdivisions, and to control provide for: subsidence caused by withdrawal of water from those groundwater reservoirs or their subdivi 1. The control, storage, preservation, and dis sions, consistent with the objective of Section tribution of its water and floodwater and the 59, Article XVI,Texas Constitution, groundwater water of its rivers and streams for irrigation, conservation districts may be created as provided power,and all other useful purposes; by this chapter. Groundwater conservation 2. The reclamation and irrigation, power,and all districts created as provided by this chapter are other useful purposes; the state's preferred method of groundwater 3. The reclamation, drainage, conservation, and management. deployment of its forests, water, and hydro electric power; 4. The navigation of its coastal and inland water; 5. The control,abatement, and change of any shortage or harmful excess of water; 6. The protection, preservation, and restoration of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state; and 7. The preservation and conservation of all natu ral resources of the state. Location The District's office is located at 440 FM intersection of South Highways 16 and 173. 3240 Handera, Texas. Handera County lies Kerr, Kendall, Hexar, Medina, Uvalde, and Real in the south central part of Texas, in the hill Counties bound the County, in a clockwise country region of the Edwards Plateau. The pattern. Handera County River Authority County has an aerial extent of 768 square and Groundwater District encompasses all of miles, or 491,520 acres. The County seat, the Handera County. city of Handera, is centrally located at the River Basins Handera County contains parts of three major drainage basins. The Nueces River basin occupies approximately 25 percent of the County to the west and southwest, with drain age to the south. The San Antonio River ba sin occupies approximately 73 percent of the County; located from the north central, to the southeastern portion of the County, where the river has been dammed to form Medina Lake. Drainage from the San Antonio River basin is to the southeast. The Guadalupe River basin occupies approximately 2 percent of the County as a small portion of the central northern sec tion. The two major rivers in the County are the Sabinal River, located in the Nueces River basin, and the Medina River, located in the San Antonio River Basin. The larger rivers are dom- inantly effluent and form wide valleys. Two dominant types characterize the smaller creeks and streams: the perennial spring-fed streams and the intermittent creeks that only transport precipitation runoff. Major Aquifers The Trinity Group aquifer underlies all of Han Upper Trinity aquifer contains the Upper Glen dera County, underlying the Edwards Plateau Rose Limestone. The Middle Trinity aquifer aquifer in the northwest portion of the County contains the Lower Glen Rose Limestone, the and extending south into Medina and Uvalde Hensell Sand, and the Cow Creek Limestone. counties and east into Kendall and Bexar coun The Lower Trinity aquifer is composed of the ties. The Trinity Group aquifer is the primary Sligo Limestone and Hosston Sands. The Trin source of groundwater in Handera County. This ity Group aquifer yields groundwater from the aquifer is divided into three groups: the Upper Upper and Lower units of the Glen Rose For Trinity, Middle Trinity, and Lower Trinity. The mation; and the Hensell, Cow Creek, Sligo, and Major Aquifers Hosston members