Texas HB216 mandates groundwater conservation districts to consider modeled available groundwater when issuing permits.
Texas HB216 amends the Water Code to require groundwater conservation districts to consider modeled available groundwater when issuing permits. A district cannot issue a permit if the total groundwater production and transfer authorized by the permit, considering all permits issued to the applicant, exceeds five percent of the total modeled available groundwater apportioned to the district. This provision applies only to permits issued by a groundwater conservation district.
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