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Reduce Flooding: Last Chance to Fight Subsidence: Comment Now

On Friday, July 23, 2021 ā€“ one week from today ā€“ the public comment period will close on the proposed Desired Future Conditions (DFCs) for the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District. DFCs represent goals for preserving a percentage of groundwater for future generations and preventing subsidence. A contentious debate has raged for years between those [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: LSGCD Finally Approves Phase II of Subsidence Study, Only One Problemā€¦

At its April 13, 2021 board meeting, the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) finally approved Phase 2 of its Subsidence Study. Approval of the study had been on the agenda for months, but kept getting postponed. It was only after Groundwater Management Agency 14 (GMA-14) insisted on a subsidence metric in its Desired Future [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: LSGCD Votes to Almost Double Groundwater Pumping, Treat Subsidence as PR problem

The Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) board voted Wednesday in a special meeting to throw caution and conservation to the wind. In a long-delayed vote, the board unanimously agreed to adopt ā€œDesired Future Conditionsā€ (DFCs) that allow groundwater pumping to increase from approximately 60,000 acre fee per year to 115,000. This was the third [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Doublespeak Continues to Cloud MoCo Subsidence Debate

Those who watched recent Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) and Groundwater Management Area 14 (GMA-14) meetings were treated to some jaw-dropping, head-spinning doublespeak on the subject of subsidence. On January 20, 2021, at a GMA-14 meeting, LSGCD rejected any mention of subsidence in their Desired Future Conditions (DFCs). Then on 2/9/2021, three presenters told [ā€¦]

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Reduce Flooding: Groundwater Management Area 14 to Hold Joint Planning Committee Meeting on January 20

Mark your calendar and sign up now. Groundwater Management Area 14Ā (GMA 14) willĀ meet by webinarĀ Wednesday, January 20th at 10 AMĀ to continue the process of developing a set of desired future conditions for area aquifers. The standards will eventually determine groundwater availability and affect other issues such as subsidence. GMA 14 engages in a joint planning [ā€¦]

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