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Clearwater District

700 Kennedy Court
Belton, TX 76513
ph 254-933-0120
fax 254-933-8396

District Mission Statement

The District is responsible for the management of groundwater in Bell County, TX.  The District's mission is to "develop and implement an efficient, economical and environmentally sound groundwater management program to protect and enhance the water resources of the district."

Stage 3 Drought Conditions

Updated 4/10/12 - Clearwater Declares: Drought Condtions have improved but conservation encouraged!

“Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District has taken a very cautious position on moving from the current Stage 4 Drought Declaration made last December” says Dirk Aaron, General Manager. Aaron stressed, “The District wants those businesses and utilities who have permitted wells to be supportive of this very conservative position”.

Unlike the surface water providers, the District does not feel the aquifers have recovered to the point that we can say “the crisis has past”, because facts do not support that position.

Aaron agreed that, “yes, the Edwards has responded due to the recent rains, but the District’s system of watching and recording rainfall averages over both the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers still shows that we are more than 9 inches (Trinity) and 8.4 inches (Edwards BFZ) behind the annual rainfall expected on a 365 day running total. Couple these facts to the positive increase in the Salado Spring Flow, Aaron states “Conventional wisdom says for the District Staff to be cautiously optimistic but measured”.

Looking at the positive moves the District made to reduce Aquifer pumpage last year and the 42 day required triggers for reducing the level of declaration shows that the District could make another positive move to the Stage 2 (Concern Level) in mid to late May.

The Board of Directors, in their monthly meeting, will review the General Manager’s position and declaration. Aaron states, “The need for continuing to ask well owners (both permitted and exempt well users) not to utilize this precious resource inappropriately and excessively for landscape purposes is the best way to conserve for a possible repeat of last year’s drought”.

 

April 2012 Monthly Rainfall Totals

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For Larger View CLICK HERE

Texas Water Smart Campaign Launched

As water shortages remain a problem across the state, Agricultural Commissioner Todd Staples, along with a group of state and local leaders and a partnership of private businesses, recently announced the Texas Water Smart conservation campaign. The Campaign encourages households and businesses to adopt everyday habits to curb wasteful water usage. Texas Water Smart asks people to "Get Water Smart" by adopting more frugal water-use habits such as: watering only when plants look like they need it, checking faucets and hoses for leaks, adjusting spinklers to water the grass and not sidewalks, and cleaning driveways and patios with a broom or blower and not a water hose.

For more information, please visit the Texas Water Smart website at www.TexasWaterSmart.com

2011 Tax Rate Set

Board Sets Tax Rate and Adopts FY 12 Budget

On August 23, 2011, the Clearwater District held a public hearing on the proposed tax rate for tax year 2011. The Board also adopted the budget for FY2012 and set the tax rate for tax year 2011.

The adopted tax rate is $.0040/$100 valuation, remaining the same as last year. This correlates to $4.00 of taxes for a property valued at $100,000. This tax rate will possibly generate $556,566 in revenue, based upon 2011 Certified values calculated by the Tax Appraisal District of $13,914,150,445.

To view the adopted budget for FY2012, Click Here.

April 2012 Annual Rainfall Totals

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For Larger View CLICK HERE

Water Symposium November 17, 2011

11th Annual Bell County Water Symposium

Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District (CUWCD) held the 11th Annual Bell County Water Symposium on November 17, 2011. The event was a huge success with 135 people in attendance. Clearwater wishes to extend a big "thank you" to our guest speakers for their outstanding presentation. To view the speaker presentations see below.

To view full agenda click here

Lealand Gersbach - Clearwater District Board of Directors - President CLICK HERE

Dr. John Nielson-Gammon - State Climatologist - Texas A&M Univ. CLICK HERE

Brad Brunett - Water Services Manager - Brazos River Authority CLICK HERE

Kristen Fancher - Attorney - Lloyd Gosselink Attorneys at Law CLICK HERE

Stacey A. Steinbach - Executive Director - Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts CLICK HERE

Randy Williams - Hydrologist - BarW Groundwater Exploration, LLC CLICK HERE

Linda Young - Rainwater Harvest Specialist - BCMGA CLICK HERE

Mary Ann Everett - Earthkind Specialist - BCMGA CLICK HERE

 

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