January 15, 2003

Groundwater District Management Association

The Groundwater District Management Association met in Galveston at the Hotel Galvez this week.

Dean Pennington, executive director of Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District, and vice president of the GWDA, said the members are mostly interested in groundwater management for agricultural uses.

"This is a group that has a lot in common, in terms of they are looking for ways for agriculture to be more efficient with water," said Pennington.

Although subsidence is not an issue for most of the nation, Ron Neighbors, general manager of the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, presented an overview of efforts to retard subsidence in Harris, Galveston and Fort Bend counties.

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