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- GMD 5 Revises Management Program. Big Bend Groundwater Management District No. 5‘s revised management program was approved by the chief engineer on January 2, 2019. A public hearing was held on the management program on February 21, 2019, and the board adopted the revised management program on March 14, 2019.
- Memorandum of Understanding between Chief Engineer and GMD No. 5 regarding augmentation on Rattlesnake Creek
- Delegation of authority to seal water flowmeter
- GMD No. 5 requested delegation of authority to seal water flowmeters.
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Big Bend GMD 5
- Formed: 1976
- Office location: Stafford (originally in St. John)
- Counties/partial counties: Barton, Rice, Pawnee, Stafford, Reno, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt
- Boundary changes: District expanded February 3, 1988 adding 14 square miles in Rice County
- Square miles: 3,907 (2017 GIS data)
- Acres: 2,524,000 (1976 management program); 2,500,623 (2017 GIS data)
- Irrigated acres: 458,849 (WRIS 2011-2015 average)
- Authorized acres: 619,890 (WRIS 2017)
- Wells: 5,831 groundwater points of diversion (WRIS 2017)
- Average precipitation: 20 to 27 inches/year (1976 management program); 23 to 30 inches/year (1981-2012 normals)
- Reported water use: 300,000+ AFY (1976 management program); 549,059 AFY total (528,087AFY irrigation, 96% of total) (WRIS 2011-2015 average)
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