SECTION 294.31. Designation of Briscoe, Hale and Swisher County Priority Groundwater Management Area

(a) Areas of Briscoe, Hale and Swisher County, as described in this section, are designated as a Priority Groundwater Management Area.

(b) The Briscoe, Hale and Swisher County Priority Groundwater Management Area is composed of portions of Briscoe and Hale Counties and all of Swisher County. The portion of Briscoe County below the Caprock Escarpment and the portion of Hale County within the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District Number 1 are excluded from the Priority Groundwater Management Area. All remaining areas in Hale and Briscoe counties are included within the Priority Groundwater Management Area.

(c) A General Description of Boundaries of the Briscoe, Hale and Swisher County Priority Groundwater Management Area is as follows:

(1) beginning at northwest corner of Swisher County, the northern boundary extends to the east and is coterminous with the Swisher-Randall and Swisher-Armstrong County line; and

(2) the boundary continues eastward along the Briscoe-Armstrong County line to the junction with the eastern boundary of Subdivision Number 1 of the Underground Water Reservoir, High Plains Area, Ogallala Formation, South of the Canadian River, in Briscoe County, as delineated by the Texas Board of Water Engineers in 1950; and

(3) the boundary continues southerly along this boundary in Briscoe County to the southern Briscoe County line; then

(4) west along Briscoe-Floyd and Swisher-Floyd County lines; then

(5) south along the Hale-Floyd County line to the intersection with the boundary of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District Number 1; then

(6) generally west for approximately twelve miles; then

(7) south along the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District boundary in Hale County line; then

(8) west along the Hale-Lubbock County line to the intersection of the Hale and Lamb County lines; then

(9) north along the Hale-Lamb County line to the intersection of the Hale and Castro County lines; then

(10) east for approximately six miles along the Hale-Castro County line; then

(11) north along the eastern boundary between Hale and Castro Counties to the northwest corner of Swisher County.

(d) The boundaries of the Briscoe, Hale and Swisher County Priority Groundwater Management Area are outlined in the map attached as Exhibit A to this section.

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Source Note: The provisions of this §294.31 adopted to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 965