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Texas water board outlines statewide groundwater monitoring, warns of data gaps
Summary
Texas Water Development Board officials briefed the House Natural Resources interim committee on the state’s groundwater monitoring network, noting robust data in some aquifers but persistent gaps that rely on partner-collected measurements and urging funding to expand recorder wells and quality control for planning.
John Dubnick, deputy executive administrator for the Texas Water Development Board, told the House Natural Resources Committee that the board’s Groundwater Division exists “to collect, interpret, and provide accurate, objective information on the groundwater resources of Texas.” He said the TWDB collects water‑level and water‑quality information, operates an automated recorder‑well network of about 300 instrumented sites and compiles roughly 1,800 field measurements annually while partners — chiefly groundwater conservation districts and the U.S. Geological Survey — contribute additional observations that bring the statewide total to about 8,000 points a year.
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