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Administratively CompleteManagement Plans:
By The Numbers
Robert G. Bradley, P.G., C.T.C.M
Groundwater Technical Assistance
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*The following
presentation is based upon
professional research and
analysis within the scope of the Texas Water Development Board’s
statutory responsibilities
and priorities but, unless
specifically noted, does not necessarily reflect official Board positions or
decisions.
Robert G. Bradley, P.G., C.T.C.M
Groundwater Technical Assistance
Administratively CompleteManagement Plans:
By The Numbers*The following presentation
is based upon professional research and analysis within the scope of the Texas Water Development Board’s statutory responsibilities and priorities but, unless specifically noted, does not necessarily reflect official Board positions or decisions.
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The Basics• Goals
– Performance standards– Management objectives
• Estimates of groundwater conditions• Water planning estimates• Consideration of water supply needs and water
management strategies• Must consider plan when making rules• Plan is for 5 year period• Need to update 2 years after DFC adoption
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Nothing new under the sun.
• “to develop comprehensive plans for the
most efficient use of the underground water
of the underground water reservoir or subdivision thereof and for the control and prevention of waste of such underground water, which plans shall specify in such detail as may be practicable the acts, procedure, performance and avoidance which are or may be necessary to effect such plans,
including specifications…”
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HB 162 (1949)
1996
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Background
• 1997 – Senate Bill 1
• 2001 – Senate Bill 2
• 2005 – House Bill 1763
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2017
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Management plans must be
fun, just look at all the districts!!
A few districts have left the game:Harris-Galveston Subsidence DistrictFort Bend Subsidence DistrictEdwards Aquifer Authority
Relax
• TWDB and TCEQ provide notice of plan due
• We provide data
• We offer pre-reviews to all GCDs
(sometimes several)
• We provide a
recommendation report
for pre-reviewed plans – Required items
– Optional items
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Timeline• Nine months out
– Notification of plan due from TCEQ
• Six to nine months out – notification of plan due and data packet
sent from TWDB
• Three months out– Adopt plan at public hearing
• Two months– Submit final adopted plan
• TWDB sends approval letter within 60 days
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Goals
• providing the most efficient use of groundwater
• controlling and preventing waste of groundwater
• controlling and preventing subsidence
• addressing conjunctive surface water management issues
• addressing natural resource issues – that affect the use and availability of groundwater
– are affected by the use of groundwater
• addressing drought conditions
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Shameless Plug
The vulnerability of each major and minor aquifer in Texas to subsidence
• Research contract with LRE Water, LLC,
TWDB Contract No. 1648302062
• Provide tool to assess risk and monitoring suggestions for groundwater conservation districts with high risk
• Covers the entire state
• Final report due March 30, 2018
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Goals
• addressing
– conservation
– recharge enhancement
– rainwater harvesting
– precipitation enhancement
– brush control
where appropriate and cost effective
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Goals
• addressing desired future conditions
of aquifers
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Note: All goals except addressing desired future conditions are as applicable. Please clearly state if any goal is not-applicable to your district.
Management Objectives
• Management objectives are specific and time-based statements of future outcomes, each linked to a management goal. Each future outcome must be the result of actions that can be taken by the district during the five years following the effective date of the adopted management plan
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Performance standards
• Performance standards are indicators or measures used to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of district activities. Evaluation of the effectiveness of district activities measures the performance of the district. Evaluation of the efficiency of district activities measures how well district resources are used to produce an output, such as the amount of resources devoted for each management action
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Management Details
• Details of how the district will managegroundwater supplies in the district, including a methodology by which the district will track its progress in achieving its management goals.
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Note: Annual reports are one way to track and report progress in achieving your management goals.
Goal Example
Controlling and Preventing Waste of Groundwater
• Objective:
The District will establish a monitoring well network of 10 wells and will sample at least five wells annually.
• Performance Standard:
The number of wells sampled on an
annual basis.
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Methodology to Track Progress
• Example– An annual report ("Annual Report") will be
created by the general manager and staff of the District and provided to the members of the Board of the District. The Annual Report will cover the activities of the District including information on the District's performance in regards to achieving the District's management goals and objectives. A copy of the Annual Report will be kept on file and will be available for public inspection at the District's offices upon adoption.
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The ChecklistAll required items are in the checklist
First page covers all of the required items except management goals.
Items through
Second page covers the management goals of the district
Located on the TWDB Groundwater websitehttp://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/
Tip: Include a filled in checklist as a partof your management plan, including page numbers.
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The Checklist1. Is an estimate of the modeled available groundwater in the District based on the desired future condition established under Section 36.108 included?
If you decide to put a table of modeled available groundwater in your plan text, include all decades if the values change through time.
Tip: Include this report as an appendix to your management plan.
Note: Make sure if you create your own tables, please double check the numbers to match those we provide to you. Proofread everything!
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The ChecklistItems
Through
These are in groundwater conservation district management plan model runs provided by the TWDB.
Tip: Include this report as an appendix to your management plan
Note: The groundwater district management plan runs are simply a water budget from groundwater models, and are not basedon desired future conditions.
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The Checklist
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The ChecklistEstimated Historical Water Use
from the TWDB Historical Water Use Survey
Projected Surface Water Supplies
Projected Water Demands
Projected Water Supply Needs
Projected Water Management Strategies from the 2017 Texas State Water Plan
Tip: Include this report as an appendix to your management plan
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The ChecklistDid the District consider and include
the water supply needs from the adopted state water plan?
Did the District consider and include the water management strategies from the adopted state water plan?
These need a bit more discussion.
If you have groundwater strategies, consider the impact they have on your groundwater resource or district operations.
Yep, we considered ‘em.– Anonymous
Did the district include details of how it will manage groundwater supplies in the district?
Are the actions, procedures, performance, and avoidance necessary to effectuate the management plan, including specificationsand proposed rules, all specified in as much detail as possible, included in the plan?
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The Checklist
Tip: Include a link to your rules in the management plan.
Was evidence that the plan was adopted, after notice and hearing, included?
Was evidence that, following notice and hearing, the District coordinated in the development of its management plan with regional surface water management entities?
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The Checklist
Evidence includes the posted agenda, meeting minutes, and copies of the notice printed in the newspaper(s) and/or copies of certified receipts from the county courthouse(s).
Evidence of coordination can be copies of letters or emails transmitting your management plan to the regional surface water management entities.
Tip: Include a link to your rules in the management plan.
Has any available site-specific information been provided by the district to the executive administrator for review and comment before being used in the management plan when developing the estimates required under…
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The Checklist
Note: Site-specific information to be reviewed is related to those estimates provided by TWDB Groundwater Availability Modeling staff.
Submission
• Documentation that the plan was adopted after posting notice
• One hard copy of the adopted
management plan
• One electronic copy of the adopted management plan.
• Submit to TWDB Executive
Administrator by USPS
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So your plan can
be logged in.
Amendments
• Submit any proposed management plan amendments to the TWDB EA for determination if amendment requires approval.
• Can be amended plan or an addendum.
• Incorporation of DFC and MAG must be adopted as an amendment.
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Things to remember
• Communicate with TWDB staff
• Add TWDB supplied data as appendices
• Submit for pre-reviews approximately 4 to 5 months prior to expiration
• Be sure to share any TWDB management plan communications with your consultant
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Things to remember
• Adopt at a public hearing 90 days prior
to expiration
• Submit final management plan 60 days prior
to plan expiration
• TWDB has 60 days to approve plans
• After approval send copy of plan to regional water planning group chair
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Questions?
Stephen AllenManagement Plan Coordinator512-463-7317 [email protected]
Robert G. BradleyGroundwater Management Area [email protected]
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