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A Groundwater District Regulates Water Wells in Anderson County

Anderson County is covered by the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District. This district covers Anderson, Cherokee, and Henderson counties and handles water well permits.

Anderson County Home & Property

If you plan to drill a water well on rural land in Anderson County, you must work with the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District (NTVGCD). The district's office is in Jacksonville, Texas. You can reach them at (903) 541-4845. The Anderson County Underground Water Conservation District used to be separate but was merged into the NTVGCD.

Groundwater in Anderson County comes from several underground water layers called aquifers. These include the Carrizo-Wilcox, Trinity, Nacatoch, Queen City, and Sparta systems. The Texas Water Development Board tracks all of them. The aquifer your well taps depends on where your land is and how deep you drill.

Well permits, drilling rules, and spacing rules all vary. Contact the district before you drill. The NTVGCD website is ntvgcd.org. If you are buying rural land with an existing well, ask the seller for the permit record. Find out what aquifer it draws from before you close on the property.

Source to confirm: Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District

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