Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District
About Us
Physical Address
Mailing Address
Email:
lpena@brushcountrygcd.com
mhinojosa@brushcountrygcd.com
Luis “Louie” Pena , General Manager
Board of
Directors
The Board of
Directors is made up of nine members.
The directors for the District are appointed by the Commissioners Courts
of Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, and Brooks Counties.
The Commissioners Court of Brooks County must appoint one director to
represent the municipal interests of the City of Falfurrias and two directors to
represent the agricultural interests of the territory in Brooks County that is
outside the City of Falfurrias and not within the Kenedy County Groundwater
Conservation District and the portion of Hidalgo County within the District.
The Commissioners Court of Jim Hogg County must appoint one director to
represent the interests of Jim Hogg County within the service area of the Jim
Hogg County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 and two directors to
represent the agricultural interests of the area of Jim Hogg County outside the
service area of the Jim Hogg County Water Control and Improvement District No.
2. The Commissioners Court of Jim
Wells County must appoint two directors to represent the agricultural interests
of the area of Jim Wells County outside the City of Alice and not within the
Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District.
The Commissioners Courts of both Brooks and Jim Hogg Counties must
jointly appoint one director to represent the industrial and mining interests of
Jim Hogg and Brooks Counties.
District directors serve staggered four-year terms that expire on June 1 of each
even-numbered year.
Members of the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District and staff from left to right, Robert Scott, Robert Fulbright, Mauro Garcia, Consultant Felix Saenz, Legal Counsel Bill Dugat, President David Kelly, General Manager Luis Pena, Mario Martinez, Vice-President Jesse Howell, Paul Goranson, A.C. Jones IV, Bill Botard, not pictured administrative assistant Marlena R. Hinojosa
Rules and Groundwater
Management Plan
Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code mandates that each
groundwater district created in the State of Texas must develop a groundwater
management plan and rules, to manage groundwater resources, within 3 years from
the creation date. The district’s
board of directors developed and adopted its water management plan that was
approved by the Texas Water Development Board on April 8, 2013.
In addition, on August 26, 2013, the Brush Country Board of Directors
adopted comprehensive rules to manage, protect, and conserve the groundwater
resources within its district boundaries.
Both the management plan and district rules became effective on adopted
dates and are currently being implemented.
Both documents are available for public viewing by clicking on the Water
Mgt. Plan or Rule tabs of this website.
Copies may also be obtained at the District Office located at
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