Mission
The District’s mission is to develop and implement an efficient, economical and environmentally sound groundwater management program to protect and enhance the groundwater resources of the District.
History
The Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District was created in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature under H.B. 3374. Kenedy County GCD was confirmed by an election held on November 2, 2004. During the fall of 2006, we received petitions from landowners in Brooks, Hidalgo, and Willacy counties requesting annexation into Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District. These petitions were approved by the Board.
Kenedy County GCD includes all territory located within Kenedy County and parts of Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, and Willacy counties (map of district). The primary economic activities within the District are oil and gas production and agriculture (primarily livestock).
According to its enabling legislation, the District has all of the powers, authority, and duties of a Texas Water Code Chapter 36 groundwater conservation district. Therefore, it has the duty to provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of groundwater and to control subsidence. Under Chapter 36, it has the duty to develop a groundwater management plan to express how the District will meet those duties. The District’s current plan was approved by the Texas Water Development Board on January 18, 2023.
Under Chapter 36 the District has the authority to adopt and enforce rules, including district rules to limit groundwater production, to provide for conserving, preserving, protecting, and recharging groundwater, to prevent degradation of water quality, and to prevent waste of groundwater. The District has many other powers that are enumerated in Chapter 36 and that allow the District to accomplish its duties.
The District is located within Groundwater Management Area 16. Most of the District is located in the Coastal Bend Regional Water Planning Area (N). District territory in Hidalgo and Willacy counties is located in the Region M Regional Water Planning Area.
Board of Directors & Staff
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Kenedy County GCD Financials
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