Real County Has Its Own Groundwater District

On a rural Real County tract, the well question usually runs through the Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation District. TWDB lists the district with its enabling laws and management plans. TCEQ's groundwater district contact list gives the office in Leakey, phone 830-232-5733, and website recrd.org.

If you are looking at land that needs a well, call that office before you drill or assume an old well is ready to use. Ask three plain questions: is the well registered, does this use need an operating permit, and is there a pumping limit tied to the tract?

That little call can save a lot of confusion. In this part of the Hill Country, a pretty build site still has to work on water. Settling the district paperwork early tells you whether the well plan fits the land.