Water supply from Goodland Farms can support local and regional needs

Goodland Farms  owns permits to produce and transport up to 49,999 acre-feet of water per year to support critical regional water demand needs.

The deep groundwater resources in this area are considered “prodigious” and “prolific.” The use of Simsboro water in the Carrizo-Wilcox formation is recognized in the Texas Water Development Board’s Regional and State water plans as a tool for meeting local and regional needs on a long- term planning horizon. Goodland Farms will invest in the future of the region and of the state of Texas, enhancing dependable water supply, which will grow only more crucial to quality of life and economic development in the coming years.

Goodland Farms is dedicated to being a good neighbor

Goodland Farms has worked closely with the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District, and with guidance from the District, UWBVF voluntarily agreed to fund a multi-million dollar, proactive mitigation program to support local wells in the surrounding community that could potentially be affected by future pumping on Goodland Farms. The funding and structure of the District’s Well Assistance Program includes support for nearby cities, including Calvert and Hearne, as needed, rather than being limited to domestic wells.

In 2022 testimony to the Texas State Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Alan Day, the general manager of the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District, stated: “This [the Well Assistance Program] was a very novel approach. We were blessed to have a permit applicant, now a permit holder [UWBVF], who said, ‘We want to be a good neighbor.’”