Harston Makes Annual GGCD Report
Glasscock Groundwater Conservation District Manager Rick Harston presented the district’s annual report to the board of directors at its meeting Jan. 18.
During fiscal year 2004, the district performed 97 water analyses, 30 mineral analyses and 67 coliform analyses. The average cost per water analysis was $17. Of the 74 water level monitoring wells in the network, 72 of them were measured. Seventeen new water wells were permitted, and all wells drilled complied with district spacing, drilling and construction standards. No abandoned, unplugged or uncapped water wells were reported.
There were no investigations of complaints of possible contamination from oil and gas production, no complaints filed with the Texas Railroad Commission, and no unplugged abandoned oil and gas wells reported to that commission.
One producer used the Topcon mapping equipment to map 140 acres, and the laser plane leveling equipment was used eight times.
Harston reported cash on hand in the General Fund as $182,460 at the end of fiscal year 2004. In 2003, GGCD received $129,312 from all sources, and received $136,597 from all sources in 2004.