VISTA RIDGE PANEL TEXAS ALLIANCE OF GROUNDWATER … · Gary Westbrook POSGCD General Manager...

VISTA RIDGE PANEL

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Gary Westbrook

POSGCD General Manager

Office: 512-455-9900

Cell: 979-571-5761

Email: gwestbrook@posgcd.org

Website: www.posgcd.org

HISTORY

• 2000- Estimated that 35,000 + Acres leased (Rockdale Reporter)

• 2001 POSGCD Created

• 2004 POSGCD Adopts Management Plan and Rules

• 2004- Layne Water Development of Texas Production & Transport Permits approved for 15,488 Acre Feet/Year

• 2005- LWDT amends permits to 30,993 AF• 2005- LWDT amends permits to 30,993 AF

• 2007- Blue Water Systems purchases rights to permits and leases

• 2009- BWS amends permits to 70,993 AF

• 2014- BWS splits permits into 20,000 AF to serve I-130 area, 50,993 AF to BWS-Vista Ridge regional project

• 2015- BWS-VR permit transferred to Abengoa-Vista Ridge

PERMIT SPECIFICS

• Production permitted from Simsboro and Carrizo aquifers in Burleson County (GMA 12) based on correlative rights approach (currently 2 AF/Acre/Year Max Production)

• Multiple GAM runs and POSGCD Management Strategies evaluated at each application

• 30 Yr. Transport permit, 40 Yr. production permit• 30 Yr. Transport permit, 40 Yr. production permit– Effective date of September 14, 2004

– Contingent on water availability based on aquifer conditions

– 5 Year Reviews

– Permits adjustable

– Additional Restrictions and Requirements

– Risks of availability born by permittee

• Advanced POSGCD Monitoring Network

CARRIZO-WILCOX AQUIFER

CENTRAL CARRIZO-WILCOX AREA

ESTABLISHED TOOLS IN PLACE TO

ACHIEVE MANAGEMENT GOALS

• Well Spacing

• Contiguous Acreage requirements

• Management Zones

• Production per acre limits (currently 2 Acre Feet/Acre/Yr)

• Total permitted • Total permitted

• Permit requirements

• Five year reviews

• DFC Process (GMA and District)

• Thresholds (Section 16 of Rules) and Monitoring

• Improvement of Groundwater Modeling Tools

Shallow Deep

Hooper 8 0

Simsboro 13 20

Calvert Bluff 5 0

Management ZoneAquifer

POSGCD CURRENT MONITOR WELL COUNT

Calvert Bluff 5 0

Carrizo 4 4

Queen City 5 6

Sparta 0 10

Yegua-Jackson N/A 3

Brazos River Alluvium 7 N/A

POSGCD MONITORING LOCATIONS FOR WILCOX AQUIFER