I am on bboard to help and many others. Let 's get it going

I am so sick of these people quoting the 1000 year recharge BS. These aquifers are recharged COMPLETELY about every 5 to 10 years. These people should be completely pissed off!! This is how development in Texas is being shut down is by idiots that have no idea what they are talking about. If anyone wants help fighting water districts contact me offline. I will help. Its a joke, its a taking, its a crime and they know it.

Here's the scoop and the reason behind this "water conservation act" that this policy stems from. Wake up!!! http://www.infowars.com/texas-county-restricts-well-water/

No thank ya, Elmo! I am uncorruptable and want to remain that way!Ha! There ought to be a call to arms go out to ALL rural water districts to show up in mass along with farmers who have wells and pack that place March 18th and look them good ol' boys in the eye. You might be surprised farmers at who is on that board!!!

Sodbuster you need to run for county commissioners against ole Gibson. Does anyone know who is on the board that is doing this? Need to publish the names because it is probably the good ole boy system of appointees

Will they reimburse me for the price of the well, pump, permits, and associated costs? This is BS.

Doggone it we have been duped!!! Again i say Fee the Chicken plant HARD and Ozarka Plant north of us HARD! The chicken plant pumps a million gallons a day folks and washes them chickens then the wash and parts water goes to an on site sewer & filtration plant and turns that into drinkable water but wait we can't reuse it to conserve we pump it out into a creek!!!! So Big Ron & Morris how about channeling it towards the chicken plant and our commissioners for allowing this to happen!!!!!!

It's the illegal aliens fault where running out of water. They are drinking all of our water up. They don't take a bath but once a month so they must be drinking it all!

Jim Lewis and his cronies recruited that dang chicken factory which used more water then all of the private water suppliers within 50 miles. Fire Jim Lewis and Ray Meadows and already did Wendall Crunk.They are all on the take

I've been telling all of you people to conserve your water for years and years! Water will soon be a luxury instead of a necessity. I've seen this happen in my Suburb for 21 years, and have complained about it for years(to no avail). You people think there is an 'unlimited' supply, but there's not! McGregor's wells went dry 25-30 years ago, so they got on the band wagon on a Federal Grant and startedthe Blue Bonnet Water Supply Corp. that gets Lake Belton Water. Woodway's wells started drying up, same as Hewitts, so they both got on the Blue Bonnet water system and Lake Waco water system. So you people better stop/quit wasting water on unnecessary things(yards, flower beds, excessive showers, vehicle wash jobs, excessive dish washers use, excessive clothes washer use, etc. Mow your grass high/tall(collects night time dew, sweep your drive ways/sidewalks). Don't run the sink water when brushing your teeth or shaving or hand washing dishes. CONSERVE WATER!! And I've already said your water bills are going up, and your electricity bills are also going up!! Plus your Local/State/Federal Taxes are going up!!!! Get Ready! Inflation like we have 'never' seen it before!!

That should have been 50 feet a year. People are worried about there not being enough water, and they should be! Excessive withdrawals cause problems with wells drying up, water quality declining and increased expenses due to the need to dig operating wells deeper. If you think water is expensive now...just wait until the wells have gone dry and water suppliers in the area have to get their water from Lake Waco.

Just pipe in some good 'ol Alaska water courtesy of Sarah Palin for the good 'ol hypocritical conservatist of Waco.

What isn't mentioned is that this acquifer has a 1000 year recharge rate and has been dropping at the rate of more than 50 a year. In other words, withdrawals are exceeding inputs. So, the purpose of the groundwater districts isn't to tax or impede development, it's to protect the current users! It's no different than deficit spending. Quite simply, the current use is unsustainable and in order to have water in the future we have to cut back on what we're taking out. Most importantly, we're talking about the next generation. I heard one middle aged council woman say, "We need water now, who cares about the future....I'll be dead by the time we run out."

Wake up, folks! This is nothing more than the NWO's plan (research "Agenda 21") being implemented via UN to Fed to State to Municipal to Consumer levels. For those of us who have been awake for quite some time, we've been expecting something like this to occur. Stay tuned, the best, uhm - make that worst, is yet to come. Wake up, folks!

I would hope that the Trib would do its job in investigative journalism and get to the bottom of why this is happening. The two stories they've ran on this so far have given loose information on the various fees involved, but has not provided a single iota on where those fees came from, what gives vaious water districts the right to impose such fees, and who is directly responsible of the laws that allow it. This is a slap inthe face to any small business farmer or rancher in our area, as well as anyone with private property that is not tapped into the municipal water system. In addition to the $1,000 per private well 'registration fee' their wells will be metered and charged 4 cents for every 1,000 gallons pumped from it.It may not sound like much, but how much water does it take to raise a corn crop or keep the herd well nourished? If these companies and individuals go over their ration, as some one else mentioned, they'll have to tap the municipal system, which will be expencive and drain the supply of treated water used in municipal residences. Basic principles of supply and demand will tell you that with less supply and greater demand, prices are set to go up. This type of policy effects all of us, and up until now, the local news has done a mediocre, at best, job of reporting and investigating. Do your job, Trib, or some one else will...

Wake up, folks! This is nothing more than the NWO's plan (research "Agenda 21") being implemented via UN to Fed to State to Municipal to Consumer levels. For those of us who have been awake for quite some time, we've been expecting something like this to occur. Stay tuned, the best, uhm - make that worst, is yet to come. Wake up, folks!

the quote "...have water suppliers apply for additional, nonhistoric use production permits. That would guarantee them more water for their customer base.", by Al Blair concerns me. Right now there is NO GUARANTEE for additional groundwater supply or "nonhistoric use production". You may pay your $1,000 for a production permit and submit it for the CHANCE that the historic use across the county is not equal to or greater than the 20,194 acre-feet allowance. It is possible that the Texas Water Development Board MAY increase the amount of water allotted for this area but again, there is no GUARANTEE. I guarantee the TWDB will not promise to increase the amount of water allotted for this area...and I'll bet there is a guarantee that the permit fee is non-refundable.

Well well here we go the restrictions that old Kip put on ya as i have stated before this is a TAX cause you cannot TAX groundwater in the State of Texas. Soo wonderful Kip set up the Districts to supposedly help us rural water districts, HA, have you been duped!! What they want ya to do is get on municipal water thsy can control and TAX!!! This stupid District should Fee the MEGA users of our Trinity ie Sanderson Farms 1 million gal a day (Thank you Jim Lewis also on board) Ozarka and the rest Fee the heck out of them and leave the rural water companies alone to serve those in there Water Supply!! Be prepared to PAY!!

You can look for water rates to double all beacuse of Kip Averitt. People go and vote for this guy. You will end up with worst yet Sibley's son.

lot of the small rural systems will have to tie into a municiple water system, to be able to pump over the historic amount, and meet the needs, in high usage times, of their customers, and they will pay a premium price, its expensive to pump to rural areas and treatment has gone up..

1. How, if at all, will this affect farmers & ranchers who need to water crops & livestock? 2. Will consumers pay a penalty if the water provider goes over their usage quota?

People better wake up as this a another power play by Kip Averitt. Water bills will sore becasue of this