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Laredo council authorizes staff to explore legal action after GMA 13 planning decision
Summary
The Laredo City Council voted to direct city management to investigate legal and administrative options — including a possible TRO — in response to an April GMA 13 groundwater planning action that council members said would lock Webb County out of state funding and raise local water costs.
The Laredo City Council voted April 29 to direct city management to pursue legal and administrative options after a Groundwater Management Authority (GMA 13) decision that city officials say reduces Webb County’s recognized groundwater allotment and imperils access to state funding for supplemental water projects.
David Earl, general counsel for Legacy Water Supply Corporation, told the council that the April 22 GMA 13 action changed planning numbers in ways that could prevent Laredo from qualifying for low-cost state grants and financing. "If the number they put on what can be withdrawn within your county is too low, grant money at low-cost state finance become much harder to access or impossible to access," Earl said, arguing the result could make…
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