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WISE COUNTY
Upper Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District
In November 2007,
residents in Wise,
Montague, Parker and
Hood counties voted to
create the Upper Trinity
Groundwater Conservation
District. The
district was created to
ensure the availability of
groundwater resources
for the future.
The mission of the Upper
Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District is
“to develop rules to provide
protection to existing
wells, prevent waste,
promote conservation,
provide a framework
that will allow availability
and accessibility of
groundwater for future
generations, protect the
quality of the groundwater
in the recharge zone
of the aquifer, insure that
the residents of Montague,
Wise, Parker and
Hood Counties maintain
local control over their
groundwater and operate
the district in a fair and
equitable manner for all
residents of the district.”
The main district office
is located at 446 E.
Texas 199 in Springtown.
Phone numbers are (817)
523-5200 or toll free 877-
38UTGCD. Mailing address
is UTGCD, P.O. Box
1749, Springtown, TX
76082. A satellite office
is located at 506 Pelham
St. in Bowie, open 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. each Friday.
Bob Patterson is the
district’s general manager.
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Each county has two
representatives on the
district’s board of directors.
Board members
are appointed by county
commissioners.
If you have drilled
a water well in Wise,
Montague, Hood or
Parker county since Jan.
1, 2009, you are required
to register your well with
the district. Registration
of new wells is subject
to payment of a $175
administrative fee and
submission to the district
of a refundable well
report deposit prior to
drilling.
LAW OFFICES OF
CLINTON E. PHILLIPS
Clinton E. Phillips
Attorney ay Law
105 W. Main, Decatur, TX
940-626-0062
940-626-0089 fax
9 - 5 Monday - Friday
Other hours by appointment only
email: clint@clintphillipslaw.com
With staff attorneys licensed to practice in Texas and Louisiana
Not board certified in any legal specialization by State Bar of Texas
If you have a water
well drilled before Jan. 1,
2009, and you are considered
an “exempt” well
(see below), you may
voluntarily register your
wells for free.
Fees
If you own or operate
a water well - regardless
of size - that produces
water used exclusively
for domestic use, watering
livestock, watering
poultry, agricultural irrigation
or a combination
of these uses, or if you
operate a well used for
any other use (such as
small business, manufacturing,
industrial, oil
and gas supply or public
water system) that is not
capable of producing
more than 25 gallons per
minute, or two or more
wells tied to a system
with a combined capacity
of not more than 30
gallons per minute, then
your well is exempt from
fee requirements.
Each “non-exempt”
well in the district must
be equipped with a water
meter, and operators
of non-exempt wells
must record monthly the
amount of groundwater
produced by the well and
maintain a water meter
log of those amounts.
For the calendar year
2009, fee for water use is
22 cents per 1,000 gallons
of water produced.
Only water from non-exempt
wells is subject to
a water use fee.
All water wells that do
not qualify for an exemption
for which drilling
commenced before Jan.
1, 2009, were to have
been registered with the
district by July 1, 2009.
For more information
about the district, visit
www.uppertrinitygcd.
com.
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