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Brazos Valley Groundwater District warns curtailment could cap production if pumping reaches 90% of goal
Summary
Alan Day, general manager of the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District, briefed the Bryan City Council on 2024 permitting, fee revenue, monitoring and the district's Desired Future Condition (DFC). Day said the district uses triggers at 65%, 80% and 90% of the DFC to guide responses and that 90% would trigger regulatory curtailment.
Alan Day, general manager of the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District, told the Bryan City Council at a workshop that the district is monitoring water levels, permitting and transport applications and that the "desired future condition" (DFC) framework governs when the district will consider curtailment measures.
Day said 2024 permitting for metered wells was modest compared with a spike in 2023 driven by rule changes; meter-required permits in 2024 accounted for 2,760 acre-feet across categories, compared with much larger totals in earlier years when a rule change produced a surge of Simsboro permits. He reported the district collected just over $830,000 in fees in 2024 and houses a monitoring network of about 222 wells in all aquifers, with roughly 542 measurements taken in the past year.
On planning, Day explained the DFC process used…
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