LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - This is a press releaseThe Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) today approved $3,507,885 in grants from State Fiscal Year 2026 and $3,564,449 in grants from State Fiscal Year 2027 through its Groundwater Science, Research, and Data Collection Grants Program.

The program offers grant funding to groundwater conservation districts to conduct projects or programs for groundwater research, science, and data collection that benefit local groundwater management and planning.

The grant recipients for State Fiscal Year 2026 include:$112,100 to the Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District to refine the hydrogeologic characterization of the Sycamore (Lower Trinity) aquifer in Burnet County by integrating new and existing datasets, with an emphasis on understanding and protecting springs such as Krause Springs.$80,000 to the Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District to quantify recharge to the Middle Trinity aquifer from the Guadalupe River in western Comal County to address a critical data gap in current groundwater analysis.$140,862 to the Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District to evaluate the vertical hydraulic connectivity between the Middle Trinity and Lower Trinity aquifer units in Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, and Erath counties.$274,089 to the Mid-East Texas Groundwater Conservation District to evaluate connectivity between the Trinity River and the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in Freestone, Leon, and Madison counties.$158,051 to the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District to refine Ogallala and Dockum aquifer characterization using geophysical data.$148,297 to the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District to evaluate hydrogeologic structure and water quality in the minor aquifers within the District.$15,000 to the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District to compile and interpret hydrogeologic data for the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in Milam and Burleson counties to improve aquifer characterization.$158,500 to the Victoria County Groundwater Conservation District to conduct an interferometric synthetic aperture radar study to measure land subsidence in Victoria County and purchase and install a Global Navigation Satellite System station to monitor land subsidence.$300,000 to the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater Conservation District to expand and modernize groundwater monitoring and data infrastructure in Bandera County to improve the availability and quality of groundwater data.