HEMPHILL COUNTY 
UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

The Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District (“District”) General Manager proposes to grant an application by Lewis & Elizabeth Meers, 9172 Co Rd 15, Briscoe, TX 79011, (“Applicant”) for a new Large Production Well Permit authorizing annual withdrawal up to 344.44 acre-feet of groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer for Irrigation and Agriculture, Domestic and Livestock purposes, using a proposed solar well located in the  SW 1/4 section of H&GN Survey at Latitude 35º 38’ 6” and Longitude -100º 16’ 5.7”, Hemphill County, Texas.

The General Manager’s Technical Summary and Proposed Action recommends issuing a new Large Production Well Permit to the Applicant, subject to the District’s standard permit conditions, as described in District Rule § 5.125. The application was determined to be administratively complete on July 16, 2025. The proposed well meets the District’s spacing rules and authorization to drill the well is provided in Drilling Permit C100-119. Under the proposed permit, the annual allowed decline is 2.1 feet per year. 

Copies of the Permit Application and the General Manager’s Technical Summary and Proposed Action (including the proposed permit and conditions), and supporting documentation are available for inspection by the public at the District’s offices.

The proposed action will be presented to the Board for final action at a Board meeting conducted under the Texas Open Meetings Act no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice, unless, under District Rule § 9.607, the applicant, other applicants, other registrants (pending or approved), or another permittee files a request for contested case hearing with the District no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice, in which case the matter will be referred to a contested case hearing. Copies of the District’s rules are available at the District Office or on the District’s website www.hemphilluwcd.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MATTER,
CONTACT THE DISTRICT’S GENERAL MANAGER, CHRISTA PERRY, AT:
211 N 2nd Street, P.O. Box 1142, Canadian, Texas 79014, Phone: (806) 323-8350