Water District Discusses Policies
The Glasscock
County Underground Water Conservation District’s Board of Directors discussed
adding a Director and Employee Policy at its regular meeting Oct. 17, but
postponed action on the matter.
District
Manager Rick Harston reported that the district will be prepared for the
possible future annexation of Upton and part of Midland County. But he and the
board agreed there will be no annexation unless the people in those areas want
it.
Harston said
there was a recent near-miss involving a cloud-seeding plane and a transmission
tower that didn’t show on the plane’s map. He said there is a need for more
stringent rules about what height towers are required to be shown on maps.
There is no
good data on the results of the weather modification project, Harston said.
“Results are hard to prove,” he said, but he hopes future data will be
better.
The District will again pay one-fourth of the cost of an apartment in Austin while the state legislature is in session. The apartment is shared by Harston and three other men during that time, and he says it is far cheaper than a motel room.