Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District signed a resolution asking the Legislature to clarify district authority over data centers
The Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District board met on April 16th, 2026 and signed Resolution No. 20260416-1 requesting legislative clarification on the regulation of data centers. The district publishes the signed resolution alongside the meeting minutes and its other board orders from that date. A groundwater conservation district is the body that issues an operating permit when a large user drills its own well. The district is asking for statutory footing before that question reaches it. The same meeting produced a board order granting a commercial permit to another applicant, which shows the routine permitting work the district does month to month.
How to take part
District board meetings are held at 601 West Main Street in Johnson City. The district posts the agenda, minutes and every signed resolution and board order for each meeting on its website. Phone 830-868-9196.
Where
1 county. In Blanco, which is in no metropolitan or micropolitan area.
Timeline
- signed
district meeting at which Resolution No. 20260416-1 was signed
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-19
Checked and unchanged. The district's April 16th resolution requesting legislative clarification on the regulation of data centers is still the most recent action of its kind on the district's record.
- 2026-08-22
Checked and unchanged. The district's April 16th resolution asking the Legislature to clarify the regulation of data centers is still the most recent action of its kind on the district's record.
- 2026-08-25
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-08-28
Checked and unchanged. The Blanco-Pedernales resolution still stands as signed and the Legislature has not clarified what a groundwater conservation district may do about a data center. The district is still permitting wells under the authority it already had.
- 2026-09-01
The groundwater district's request for clearer legislative authority over data centers remains its adopted position.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-09-05
The groundwater district's resolution asking for clarified authority over data centers still stands. The Legislature has not answered it.
- 2026-09-08
The Blanco-Pedernales district's request that the Legislature clarify groundwater authority over data centers still stands unanswered.
- 2026-09-09
The Blanco-Pedernales district's resolution asking the Legislature for authority over large water users is still standing and has drawn no legislative response.
- 2026-09-12
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-09-13
Checked and unchanged. The decision still stands as decided.
- 2026-09-16
The groundwater district's resolution asking the Legislature to clarify its authority over data centers is still unanswered. The district still does not know what it may do.
- 2026-09-19
The district's request that the Legislature clarify its authority over data centers still stands unanswered.
- 2026-09-23
The groundwater district's request to the Legislature still stands and the authority question is still open.
- 2026-09-26
The groundwater district's resolution still asks the Legislature to settle what authority it has over data centers.
- 2026-09-29
The Blanco-Pedernales resolution still asks lawmakers to say what a groundwater district may require of a data center.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
SIGNED RESOLUTION NO. 20260416-1 REQUESTING LEGISLATIVE CLARIFICATION RE. REGULATION OF DATA CENTERSDistrict Meeting - Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District Primary source, official · blancogroundwatertx.gov
SIGNED BOARD ORDER NO. 20260416-2 GRANTING COMMERCIAL PERMIT TO THE WOODS AT FLAT ROCK CREEKDistrict Meeting - Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District Primary source, official · blancogroundwatertx.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District board met on April 16th, 2026 and signed Resolution No. 20260416-1 requesting legislative clarification on the regulation of data centers. The district publishes the signed resolution alongside the meeting minutes and its other board orders from that date. A groundwater conservation district is the body that issues an operating permit when a large user drills its own well. The district is asking for statutory footing before that question reaches it. The same meeting produced a board order granting a commercial permit to another applicant, which shows the routine permitting work the district does month to month.
Who decides it?
Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
District board meetings are held at 601 West Main Street in Johnson City. The district posts the agenda, minutes and every signed resolution and board order for each meeting on its website. Phone 830-868-9196.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Blanco County.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was signed on April 16th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is April 16th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under land, water and permitting.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 29th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District signed a resolution asking the Legislature to clarify district authority over data centers. Tracked since April 16th, 2026. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0060/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0060.
Beat
Filed under Land, water and permitting, with every other decision on that beat.