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Panhandle Groundwater DistrictOur Mission
The Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District will strive to develop, promote, and implement water conservation, augmentation, and management strategies, to protect water resources for the benefit of the citizens, economy, and environment of the District.
District Profile
Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District (PGCD) consists of Carson, Donley, Gray, Roberts, and Wheeler counties, along with parts of Armstrong, Hutchinson, Hemphill, and Potter counties. The District was created by legislature in 1955, and it began operating in 1956 in portions of Gray, Carson, Potter, and Armstrong counties. Elections were held in 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, and 2000 to annex the remaining portions of the District within the present boundaries.
Current Board of Directors: John R. Spearman Jr., President , Danny Hardcastle, Vice President, Jason Green, Secretary, and Directors Charles Bowers, Jim Thompson, Kim Flowers, Phillip Smith, Thomas Cambridge, and Billy Van Crawford. District General Manager: C.E. Williams.
Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District’s aerial extent is 6,309 square miles. The District’s economy is dominated by agricultural and petrochemical production. The agricultural income sources include beef cattle production, wheat, corn, milo, peanuts, soybeans, sunflowers, hay crops, and cotton. Petroleum production contributes significantly to the economy, and chemical, manufacturing, and nuclear weapons industries are also located in the District.Over 4,400 irrigation wells are within District boundaries, 1,873 of which are active, capable of producing water to meet the needs of the agricultural community. The District has 185 municipal or public supply wells, and 251 wells for industrial use and oil and gas secondary recovery (water flood) operations. The remaining 922 wells are registered, non-permitted water supplies for household and livestock consumption.
Contact Information
- Office Location
- 201 W. 3rd St. White Deer, Texas 79097
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- Telephone
- 806-883-2501
- Fax
- 806-883-2162
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 637 White Deer, Texas 79097
- Staff
- Field Tech: Allison Purviance
