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This feature class represents the geographical boundaries designated as Priority Groundwater Management Areas (PGMA) by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and maintained by the Groundwater Planning and Assessment Program at TCEQ. The main purpose of designating a PGMA is to ensure the management of groundwater in areas of the state with critical groundwater problems. The PGMA study and evaluation will consider the need for creating groundwater conservation districts and different options for the management of groundwater issues. This version was edited on July 3, 2019 to correctly align with an update to TWDB's County boundaries layer (current as of 07/03/2019). |
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This feature class represents the geographical boundaries designated as Priority Groundwater Management Areas (PGMA) by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and maintained by the Groundwater Planning and Assessment Program at TCEQ. The main purpose of designating a PGMA is to ensure the management of groundwater in areas of the state with critical groundwater problems. The PGMA study and evaluation will consider the need for creating groundwater conservation districts and different options for the management of groundwater issues. This version was edited on July 3, 2019 to correctly align with an update to TWDB's County boundaries layer (current as of 07/03/2019). |
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TCEQ and its predecessor’s who contributed as professional Geologists of the Groundwater Planning and Assessment of the Office of Water. TWDB edited the boundaries to match state and county boundaries used by in TWDB GAM modeling studies and to remove gaps and overlap sliver polygons from the original TCEQ data. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 8 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>This GIS data represents the geographical boundaries designated as Priority Groundwater Management Areas (PGMA) from 1990 to 2016 by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The PGMA boundary and purposes are described </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><A href="https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti=30&pt=1&ch=294&rl=41" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN><SPAN>in the Texas Water Code (TWC), §35.007</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>as areas identified with potential critical groundwater problems </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>including: </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 8 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>- Shortages of surface water or groundwater;</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 8 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>- Land subsidence resulting from groundwater withdrawal;</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 8 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>- Contamination of groundwater supplies, </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 8 0;"><SPAN>For additional information about the PGMA studies, please see the TCEQ website at - https://www.tceq.texas.gov/groundwater/groundwater-planning-assessment/pgma.html</SPAN></P><P /></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Although any data within this file geodatabase have been subjected to standard TWDB review protocols and is substantially complete, the TWDB reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, the data is released on condition that neither the TWDB nor the State of Texas shall be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN>Furthermore, t</SPAN><SPAN>his </SPAN><SPAN>data has been desiganated by TCEQ </SPAN><SPAN>for mapping and planning purposes only. </SPAN><SPAN>The </SPAN><SPAN>PGMA boundary is not land surveying data, and</SPAN><SPAN>therfore should</SPAN><SPAN>not be used to develop any engineering projects or legal decisions. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN>Please note that any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the TWDB nor the State of Texas.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Groundwater Modeling TCEQ Priority Groundwater Management Areas - As of August 7, 2023 |
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["TWDB GAM version","Texas Priority Groundwater Management Areas","TAC Title 30 §294","Texas Commission on Environmental Quality","PGMA","Texas Water Code (TWC)","§35.007 ","Texas Critical Groundwater Areas TexReg 7954","TexReg 6068 24 TexReg 965"] |
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