NOTICE OF ENCUMBRANCE HEARING & PERMIT HEARING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors for the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District will conduct a hearing on three Applications for Permits as described below at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in the Clearwater UWCD Board Room located at 640 Kennedy Court, Belton, Texas, in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.
The hearing will be conducted on the following applications:
| Applicant’s File Number/Name | Permit Applicant/Holder and Landowner | Location of Well/Wells | Proposed Annual Groundwater Withdrawal Amount & Purpose of Use |
| Drilling Permit Hearing related to: Well # N3-25-001P |
Salado I.S.D.c/o Ted Smith
601 N. Main Street (254) 947-6901 |
Well # N3-25-001P
The proposed new well will be completed to the Middle Trinity Aquifer and equipped with a maximum 2-inch column pipe at a maximum pumping rate of 100 gallons per minute. The proposed well will be located in the Stillhouse Hollow Management Zone on the 54.69-acre tract located at 3689 Williams Rd, Salado, TX 76571. Latitude 30.96579º |
The proposed new irrigation well would be aggregated into a two-well system with an existing operating permit not to exceed 21.41 acre-feet or 6,976,470 gallons per year, at a maximum pumping rate of 100 gallons per minute. No additional groundwater will be contemplated by this application above the existing operating permit. |
| Amendment to Operating Permit Hearing related to:4 Well Aggregate System Well # N2-03-004G N3-23-008G N3-23-006G N3-23-007G |
Salado I.S.D.c/o Ted Smith
601 N. Main Street (254) 947-6901 |
Well #: N2-03-004G (Latitude 30.950109º/Longitude -97.540834º) N3-23-008G (Latitude 30.951391º/Longitude -97.542874º) N3-23-006G (Latitude 30.949184º/Longitude -97.542085º) N3-23-007G (Latitude 30.949149º/Longitude -97.545345º)The existing wells are completed to the Edwards BFZ Aquifer and are equipped with a maximum 1¼ -inch column pipe at a maximum pumping rate of 10 gallons per minute. The wells are located in the Edwards BFZ Management Zone on contiguous tracts of land (PID 102187 and PID 102190) totaling 45.593 acres, at 575 Salado School Rd, Salado, TX 76571. |
An operating permit of 1.5 acre-feet per year is being contemplated for three existing wells (N3-23-006G, N3-23-007G, N3-23-008G). These permits would be aggregated with the current 1.5 acre-feet per year HEU permit and 0.71 acre-feet per year operating permit for a total of 6.71 acre-feet or 2,186,463 gallons per year as a four-well aggregated system to produce groundwater for irrigation of the Salado ISD student athletic fields. |
| Operating Permit Hearing related to:
Well # |
Session Harrell & Amber Dankert9652 Stinnett Mill Rd Salado, TX 76571(254) 421-2707 |
Well # N3-25-002P The existing well will be completed to the Edwards BFZ Aquifer and are equipped with a maximum 1¼ -inch column pipe at a maximum pumping rate of 10 gallons per minute. The well is located in the Edwards BFZ Management Zone on a 3.6-acre tract located at 9652 Stinnett Mill Rd, Salado, TX 76571. Latitude 30.970194º |
Request for an operating permit on an existing well, N3-25-002P to authorize the withdrawal from the Edwards BFZ Aquifer for domestic use not to exceed 1.0 acre-feet or 325,581 gallons per year. |
The application for an operating permit for an existing exempt well would authorize the applicant to operate within the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District, in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the application, subject to board deliberation and approval with potential limits and special provisions. A person wishing to submit a Contested Case Hearing Request, as it relates to the proposed Operating Permit, under District Rule 6.10.15(d), who is unable to appear at the hearing on the date and time set forth above, must also file a motion for continuance with CUWCD demonstrating good cause for the inability to not appear.
The Applications for Permit and Permit Amendments, if granted, would authorize the permit holder to operate wells within the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District according to the terms and conditions set forth in the permit. A person wishing to submit a Contested Case Hearing Request under District Rule 6.10.15(d) who is unable to appear at the hearing on the date and time set forth above must also file a motion for continuance with CUWCD demonstrating good cause for the inability to not appear.
For additional information about this application or the permitting process, or to request information on the legal requirements on what must be included for a Contested Case Hearing Request to be valid, please contact CUWCD at 700 Kennedy Court (PO Box 1989) Belton, Texas, 76513, 254-933-0120.
ISSUED this 28th day of February 2025 in Belton, Texas, on the recommendation of the General Manager.
I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above NOTICE OF PERMIT HEARING of the Board of Directors of the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District is a true and correct copy of said Notice. I have posted a true and correct copy of said Notice at the District office located in Belton, Texas, and said Notice was posted on February 28, 2025 and remained posted continuously for at least 10 (ten) days immediately preceding the day of said hearing; a true and correct copy of said Notice was furnished to the Bell County Clerk, in which the above-named political subdivision is located.
Dated: 2/28/2025
Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District
By: Click here for original signed document
Dirk Aaron, General Manager
