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Brazos Valley groundwater district reports stable 2025, warns of long‑term pressure from exports and growth
Summary
The Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District told the Commissioners Court its 2025 monitoring shows stable year‑to‑year groundwater production but ongoing long‑term declines in the Simsboro aquifer tied to regional projects and growth; the district outlined fee changes, monitoring and a mitigation plan tied to upcoming export projects.
Alan Dague, general manager of the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District, told the Commissioners Court March 24 that 2025 was steady year‑to‑year but warned that long‑term pressures remain.
Dague presented the district's annual report, saying the district issued eight non‑exempt permits in 2025 covering roughly 3,000 acre‑feet of permitted use and that metered production by aquifer and use category remained similar to 2024. He said the district changed fee collection last year to charge per permitted acre‑foot in real time and that the transition produced a larger single‑year collection — “the number you see here is about 520,000,” he said — because the district shifted from collecting in arrears…
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