The Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Bobby Bazan as Texas Ground Water Association’s, TGWA, new Executive Director. Bobby has served as Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District’s Water Resource Management Specialist for the past ten years. He will begin his term as TGWA’s Executive Director on January 2, 2023. The
During its monthly meeting on October 11, the Board of Directors of the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District welcomed its newest member, John Graves Redington. Redington fills the place vacated by Sidney Youngblood. Younglood served on the POSGCD Board since 2014, and as Board President for six years. Youngblood occupied the seat designated under district
Post Oak Savannah GCD was awarded a $200,000 grant in federal assistance from the Bureau of Reclamation to improve groundwater modeling capabilities in our local area that will be a significant tool in supporting management decisions. Currently, the District uses a groundwater availability model (GAM) of the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer developed by the Texas Water Development
At it’s September 13, 2022 Board Meeting, the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) Board voted to participate with the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) in a pilot program that will help to better understand and quantify the hydrologic and socioeconomic impacts to pumping driven by groundwater storage and use conditions. The Board received a
The Board also welcomed two new members as Mr. Keith Copeland and Mr. Kit Worley were sworn in as the newest Board Members. Mr. Worley replaces Dana McClaren, as the Board Member for Milam County representing agricultural interests. Dana served for two years on the Board and was a great addition to the POSGCD Board
At it’s May 10, 2022 Board Meeting the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) Board of Directors approved a contract with Texas A&M AgriLife for District Education Programs to improve the capacity of agricultural water users to conserve groundwater. This groundwater conservation program will provide educational resources for the adoption of water-efficient irrigation methods and tools. This
At it’s April 12, 2022 Board Meeting the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) Board of Directors approved over one million dollars in Grants for six local water utilities. Each year, the District will encourage and support projects and programs to conserve and/or preserve groundwater, by annually funding the District’s Groundwater Conservation Grant Program.
The POSGCD Board of Directors held their regular monthly meeting May 11, 2020. Dr. Brad Wilcox from the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology at Texas A&M University gave a presentation on the potential for enhancing recharge in the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer. The presentation entitled “Potential for Increasing Recharge in the Post Oak Savannah Ecoregion”
Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) created the Groundwater Well Assistance Program (GWAP) to assist owners of water wells in the Carrizo-Wilcox in Burleson and Milam Counties by identifying water wells expected to experience loss of service due to water levels dropping below the pump which is caused by aquifer wide pumping and take
The Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (POSGCD) celebrated the first year of our innovative Aquifer Conservancy Program (ACP) by sending out payments this week to landowners who completed their first year of aquifer conservation. These checks should start to arrive in mailboxes next week, and the Board of Directors of POSGCD would like to
POSITION: Water Resource Management Specialist- Milano, TX Salary $60,000-80,000, Commensurate with Experience; Insurance and retirement Submit resumes to admin@posgcd.org, POSGCD PO Box 92, Milano, TX 76556 Resumes
The Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Bobby Bazan as Texas Ground Water Association’s, TGWA, new Executive Director. Bobby has served
Senate Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Hearing The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met November 16, 2022 to hear testimony regarding legislative
During its monthly meeting on October 11, the Board of Directors of the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District welcomed its newest member, John Graves
President Roddam welcomed the District’s newly appointed Director, JohnRedington, to the POSGCD Board of Directors and administered the Oath of Office at the October 11th
