Local TREND. County Water Rules as Economic Development Tool. South Texas.

Where: Victoria County Texas

What: A district’s Brackish groundwater rules would allow “companies to pump as much as 16 acre-feet of water per year per acre owned in certain parts of the county if their well is deep and the water is salty enough.”

Goals:

• relieve pressure on freshwater supplies

What restrictions would be on companies?

• quarterly reports to the district
• cannot pump all their annual brackish water at once

Victoria Advocate | County’s flexible water rules could entice businesses