Commissioners veto petition to join groundwater district

County talks groundwater

The Williamson County Commissioners Court approved a resolution that sets the blueprint for groundwater uses in the county on January 9, while also rejecting a petition by the Aquifer Conservation Alliance to annex a section of western Wilco into the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District in Bell County.

An estimated $77 million has been allocated for county water and wastewater infrast…