Medina County
Groundwater Conservation
District (GCD)
Links
Phone
Office: (830) 741-3162
Fax: (830) 741-3540
Cell: (830) 741-9733
Mail/Location
Medina County GCD
1607 Avenue K
Hondo, TX 78861
This page contains links to different websites which may be of interest.
The links are refelective of the day to day operations of the GCD.
Link to Texas GCD
websites/contacts
information
Related Websites
About Nitrates (Leona Gravel, blue baby syndrome)
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Well Water Safety
Chemicals That Can Contaminate Tap Water;
Nitrate
[common sources, removal, and health effects]
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Potential Well Water Contaminants and Their Impacts
Nitrate and Nitrite
Estimated Nitrate Concentrations in Groundwater Used for Drinking
[EPA’s maximum contaminant level (MCL) for nitrate]
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
Inorganic Chemicals [Nitrate and Nitrite Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)]
Drinking Water Regulations
Questions About Groundwater Districts [---expired---]
https://web.archive.org/web/20190116041304/http://twri.tamu.edu/reports/2002/2002
-036/2002-036_questions-dist.pdf
CDC - Nitrate and Drinking Water from Private Wells [---expired---]
https://web.archive.org/web/20171209174033/https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drin
king/private/wells/disease/nitrate.html
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
(formerly Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission)
World Health Organization (WHO) [---expired---]
(blue baby syndrome, methaemoglobinemia, methaemoglobinaemia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20171208141351/https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_
health/diseases-risks/diseases/methaemoglob/en/
Other General Websites
US Drought Monitor and Palmer Drought Index
Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
Drilling a well
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
WATER WELL DRILLERS AND PUMP INSTALLERS -Administrative Rules [---expired---]
https://web.archive.org/web/20200906012534/https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/wwd/wwdrul
es.htm
76.100. Technical Requirements--Locations and Standards of Completion for Wells. [---expired---]
https://web.archive.org/web/20200906012534/https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/wwd/wwdrul
es.htm#76100
Forms - Well Reports, Wel Reports Submission, Injurious Water Reports,
Plugging Reports, Abandoned Well Checklist, Abandoned
Well Construction and Plugging Specifications
Internet Archive/Web Archive
Wayback Machine (for ---expired--- links below)
---expired--- pages archives are not considered valid, and are linked for historical purposes only
