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Committee backs bill requiring groundwater district to consider pond and lake uses in permit decisions
Summary
A committee substitute for Senate Bill 19-59 instructs the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District to consider whether proposed groundwater use is intended to supply ponds or lakes for aesthetic landscaping when issuing permits; committee voted the substitute out favorably.
Senator Hangenboom laid out a committee substitute for Senate Bill 19-59 to amend enabling law for the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District so the district must consider whether a proposed groundwater permit would supply water to ponds or lakes used for landscaping aesthetics.
Paul Sigel, general manager of the North Texas…
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