June 15, 2023 - It is with the best of wishes that we announce Samantha Reiter’s resignation as the General Manager of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (the “District”) effective June 15, 2023.
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CONROE, TX— (May 12, 2023) - Jim Spigener, President of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District Board of Directors, testified before the Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee in Austin, Texas on Friday, May 12, 2023.
To view the committee hearing and hear President Spigener’s testimony, click here.
October 9, 2020 – So far in our educational press release series, we have covered a wide range of topics but for this release, we want to pick up where we left off – talking about the joint planning process and digging a bit deeper into Desired Future Conditions or DFCs. Specifically, we want to cover the factors that the voting groundwater conservation districts (GCDs) within a groundwater management area (GMA) must consider when determining DFCs.
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August 14, 2019 – On Tuesday, during the August regular meeting, the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (the “District”) Board of Directors approved an almost 20% reduction in the 2020 water use fee rate for pumping groundwater in Montgomery County. The Board of Directors approved Resolution No. 19-008, officially adopting water use fees for 2020. The 2020 Operating and Capital Outlay Budget was also approved by the Board of Directors.
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August 14, 2019 - On August 9, 2019, the District filed with TWDB the District’s “Points of Appeal” addressing each of the Executive Administrator’s reasons for denial of approval of the plan. In this appeal, the District challenges TWDB’s authority to reinstate lapsed DFCs arguing the decision exceeds TWDB’s limited authority under Chapter 36 and results in prohibited conduct. The District further argues that TWDB’s decision yields inconsistent scientific, legal and policy results rendering the decision unreasonable and reversible.
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May 21, 2019 – On Friday, May 17, 2019, Senior District Judge Lamar McCorkle signed the Final Judgment declaring that certain Large Volume Groundwater User rules under the District’s Regulatory Plan were adopted “without legal authority and consequently are, and have been, unlawful, void and unenforceable.”
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The LSGCD'‘s General Counsel submitted a letter to the Texas Water Development Board (“TWDB”), on behalf of the District’s Board of Directors, in response to letters submitted to the TWDB regarding the District’s Management Plan submission.
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The LSGCD Board of Directors noticed a schedule of Town Hall Meetings for the week of April 22nd.
The meetings will allow for an update on changes the District has undergone in recent months as well as stakeholder input before the District begins draft rule amendments.
The meeting schedule is listed below:
April 22nd at 5:30pm at the South County Community Center, The Woodlands
April 23rd at 5:30pm at Conroe City Hall, Conroe
April 24th at 8:30am at EMC Improvement District, New Caney
April 24th at 5:30pm at Montgomery Community Building, Montgomery
April 25th at 5:30pm at Bear Branch Elementary School, Magnolia
Please click here for a map with locations for the meetings.
The LSGCD Board of Directors met on April 9, 2019 for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Below are highlights from that meeting.