Mission Statement: To protect, maintain and
preserve the ground water of Texas Counties for present and future generations.
We are dedicated to promoting empowerment of people, protection of the
environment, and respect for individual?s rights through educating and
maintaining a well-informed public on issues that can adversely affect the
ground water of Texas Counties. We are a grass roots organization that relies
strongly on volunteer proactive efforts.
In November, 2012, Electro Purification LLC filed applications with the
Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District seeking permits to drill 3 wells in
Austin County and 7 wells in Waller County for a total of 10 wells and to
produce from the wells an aggregated maximum amount of twenty million gallons
per day (approximately 22,500 acre-feet per annum).
Little notice was given to interested parties to
contest or even comment on such a devastating drawdown of the aquifer under the
surrounding counties where the wells were to be drilled.
However, several folks heard of the application and got together to contest such
a proposal. With a vast volume of water being removed from the underlying
aquifer, it wouldn't be long before many of the water wells on private property
in several of the surrounding counties would go dry. Without access to
water for irrigation and household consumption, the value of many farms as well
as other private property would soon be reduced to nothing.
Many others soon got involved with the original few, and "Concerned Citizens for
Texas Water Resources" was born.
This is a copy of the notice that may have started this concern.
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Notice of Applications for Permits to Drill, Produce,
Aggregate and Transport Groundwater from the
Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District in
Austin & Waller Counties
On November 21, 2012, Electro Purification LLC, whose address is 4605 Post Oak
Place, Suite 212, Houston, Texas 77027 (the ?Applicant?), filed applications
with the Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District (the ?District?) seeking
permits to drill 3 wells in Austin County and 7 wells in Waller County for a
total of 10 wells and to produce from the wells an aggregated maximum amount of
twenty million gallons per day (approximately 22,500 acre-feet per annum). The
Applicant seeks authority to transport ten million gallons per day for
beneficial use by the cities of Richmond and Rosenberg in Fort Bend County
outside of the District for municipal purposes only. Additionally, the Applicant
intends to apply the remaining ten million gallons per day of produced water to
beneficial, non-wasteful use for municipal and industrial purposes within or
transported outside the District. Each of the wells would be 20 inches in
diameter and completed in the Gulf Coast Aquifer. Production from the wells
would be managed in a manner designed to minimize any interference with any
neighboring wells completed in the same aquifer. The wells will be located on
property in Austin and Waller Counties. The proposed Waller County wells are
generally located 36604 Fort Bend County Line Rd., Brookshire, Texas 77423 and
the proposed Austin County wells are generally located at 6135 Coody Lane,
Sealy, Texas 77476. The coordinates for proposed locations of the wells are as
follows:
Bluebonnet
GCD Well No. |
Well No. |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Formation/
Aquifer |
County |
| BWLL-0067A |
EP-EVGL-1 |
29? 44' 7.314"N |
95? 59' 22.716"W |
Gulf Coast |
Waller |
| BWLL-0067B |
EP-EVGL-2 |
29? 43' 57.648"N |
95? 59' 54.939"W |
Gulf Coast |
Waller |
| BWLL-0067C |
EP-EVGL-3 |
29? 43' 42.955"N |
96? 0' 24.544"W |
Gulf Coast |
Waller |
| BWLL-0067D |
EP-EVGL-4 |
29? 44' 6.021"N |
96? 0' 45.156"W |
Gulf Coast |
Waller |
| BWLL-0067E |
EP-EVGL-5 |
29? 43' 42.908"N |
96? 1' 6.502"W |
Gulf Coast |
Waller |
| BWLL-0067F |
EP-EVGL-6 |
29? 43' 55.350"N |
96? 1' 37.439"W |
Gulf Coast |
Waller |
| BWLL-0067G |
EP-EVGL-7 |
29? 44' 18.645"N |
96? 1' 58.523"W |
Gulf Coast |
Waller |
| BAUS-0067A |
EP-EVGL-8 |
29? 42' 2.388"N |
96? 2' 28.796"W |
Gulf Coast |
Austin |
| BAUS-0067B |
EP-EVGL-9 |
29? 41' 44.696"N |
96? 2' 1.456"W |
Gulf Coast |
Austin |
| BAUS-0067C |
EP-EVGL-10 |
29? 42' 2.764"N |
96? 1' 34.442"W |
Gulf Coast |
Austin |
The Board of Directors of the District may grant a contested case hearing on the
applications if a written hearing request is filed within 20 days after the publication date
of this notice. To request a contested case hearing, you must submit the following in
writing: (1) your name (or for a group or association, a representative), mailing address,
daytime telephone number, and fax number, if any; (2) applicant?s name; (3) the
statement ?[I/we] request a contested case hearing;? (4) a specific description of how
you would be affected by the application in a way not common to the general public; (5)
the location and distance of your property relative to the proposed activity; and, (6) for
a party desiring for the hearing to be conducted by the State Office of Administrative
Hearings the request must include the statement: ?[I/we] request that the State Office
of Administrative Hearings conduct the hearing.? Note that a party requesting that the
State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) conduct the hearing shall pay all costs
associated with the contract for a SOAH hearing and will be required to deposit with the
District an amount determined by the District to pay the SOAH contract amount.
You may also file written comments within 20 days after the publication date of this
notice without requesting a contested case hearing.
Comments or requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing and
mailed to Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District, P.O. Box 269 Navasota Texas
77868-0269, or faxed to 936-825-7331, or emailed to BGCD@bluebonnetgroundwater.org.
The applications are available for review at the District Offices, 303 East Washington
Ave, Suite D, Navasota, Texas 77868 or on the District?s website at www.bluebonnetgroundwater.org.
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