Texas groundwater conservation districts (GCD) are units of local government authorized and ratified at the local level to manage and protect groundwater. The GCDs are created through special law by the Texas Legislature or by administrative procedures through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The GCDs are authorized with powers and duties that enable them to manage groundwater resources, such as conservation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of the groundwater resources within their jurisdictions. The GCDs are governed by an elected or appointed board of directors, having three primary GCD authorities: permitting water wells, developing a comprehensive management plan and adopting the necessary rules to implement the management plan. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/groundwater/districts.htmlTCEQ has exclusive jurisdiction for the creation of GCDs, enforment and the dissolution of GCDs under specific circumstances. For more detailed , please refer to Report to the 84th Texas Legislature(TCEQ SFR-053/09, January 2015, pdf) To find a Groundwater Conservation Districts listed in the TCEQ Water District Database please see TCEQ WDDand TCEQ GCD pages. Disclaimer: This product is for informational purposes only and may not be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an official survey and represents only the approximate relative location of features and boundaries. Mapping may not necessarily reflect on-the-ground conditions. This product and those involved in its production make no claims as to the accuracy or reliability of the data, and neither assumes, nor will accept liability for their use.