1. Texas Hill Country Water Management Districts Raymond M. Slade, Jr, Certified Professional Hydrologist Additional information regarding water management districts and Texas water law is presented by the Hill Country Alliance in a presentation named “Basic law and management of Texas waters” at http://www.hillcountryalliance.org/HCA/Presentationshttp://www.hillcountryalliance.org/HCA/Presentations

2. Under authority of the Texas Water Code http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/wa.toc.htm Groundwater Districts manage groundwater in the State, and, River Authorities and Special Law Districts manage surface water. http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/wa.toc.htm Groundwater Districts All groundwater districts are members of the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts online at http://www.texasgroundwater.orghttp://www.texasgroundwater.org A summary of the authority, operations, and programs for these districts is online at http://www.texasgroundwater.org/DistrictPrograms.htmhttp://www.texasgroundwater.org/DistrictPrograms.htm River Authority and Special Law Districts “Texas Water Info” contains much information regarding river authorities online at http://www.txwin.net/Monitoring/SW/RA's.htmhttp://www.txwin.net/Monitoring/SW/RA's.htm Many districts exist in the Hill Country. The following slides present information for these districts– their names, a map showing the boundary of their authority, and hyperlinks to their Internet homepages.

3. Statewide map on the Internet at http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/mapping/index.asp

4. Groundwater District names by number on previous slide 2. Bandera County River Authority & Ground Water District http://www.banderacounty.org/services/BCRAGD.htm 3. Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer CD http://www.bseacd.org/http://www.bseacd.org/ 5. Blanco-Pedernales GCD http://www.blancocountygroundwater.org/http://www.blancocountygroundwater.org/ 10. Central Texas GCD http://www.centraltexasgcd.org/http://www.centraltexasgcd.org/ 18. Cow Creek GCD http://www.ccgcd.org/http://www.ccgcd.org/ 20. Edwards Aquifer Authority http://www.edwardsaquifer.org/http://www.edwardsaquifer.org/ 31. Hays Trinity GCD http://www.haysgroundwater.com/http://www.haysgroundwater.com/ 34. Hickory UWCD No.1 http://www.hickoryuwcd.org/http://www.hickoryuwcd.org/ 36. Hill Country UWCD http://www.hcuwcd.org/http://www.hcuwcd.org/ 41. Kimble County GCD P O Box 31, Junction, Texas 76849 51. Medina County GCD http://www.medinagwcd.org/http://www.medinagwcd.org/ 68. Real-Edwards C and R District http://www.recrd.org/http://www.recrd.org/ 83. Trinity Glen Rose GCD http://www.trinityglenrose.org/http://www.trinityglenrose.org/ 84. Uvalde County UWCD http://www.uvaldecountyuwcd.org/http://www.uvaldecountyuwcd.org/

5. Statewide map on the Internet at http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/mapping/index.asp

6. River Authority and Special law Districts from previous slide Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties WCID #1 226 Hwy 132, Natalia, TX 78059 http://law.onecle.com/texas/special-district/chapter9007.html Bexar Metropolitan Water District http://www.bexarmet.org/http://www.bexarmet.org/ Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority http://www.gbra.org/http://www.gbra.org/ Lower Colorado River Authority http://www.lcra.org/http://www.lcra.org/ Nueces River Authority http://www.nueces-ra.org/http://www.nueces-ra.org/ San Antonio River Authority http://www.sara-tx.org/http://www.sara-tx.org/ Upper Guadalupe River Authority http://www.ugra.org/http://www.ugra.org/