Bandera County River Authority & Groundwater District

Quarterly Board Meeting – Thursday April 17, 2025. See the meetings and postings pages for more information.

Bandera County

River Authority &
Groundwater District

Drought Status:  Exceptional

CALL US: (830) 796-7260

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Protecting & Preserving
our Natural Resources

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Protecting & Preserving
our Natural Resources

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CALL US: (830) 796-7260

Drought Status:  Extreme  

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Bandera County

River Authority & Groundwater District

Protecting & Preserving our Natural Resources

Drought Status:  Extreme  

CALL US: (830) 796-7260

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Bandera County

River Authority & Groundwater District

Protecting & Preserving our Natural Resources

K-12 Programs

Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District

K-12 Programs

Teaching our future generations the importance of water resource management, water conservation, and environmental science is the key to ensuring that they are invested in the protection of our natural resources as adults. BCRAGD participates in many outreach programs in which we work with the local Independent School Districts, working with kids of all grade levels.

6th Grade Conservation Workshop

Annually the BCRAGD Education Team with the Nueces River Authority attends the 6th Grade Conservation Workshop hosted by the Bandera County Soil and Water Conservation District. in water, and the effects of these contaminants on humans and the environment.

Students engage in laboratory experimentation by collecting water samples from the Ag Barn and conduct tests to determine water quality. Samples are tested for pH, chlorine, iron, copper, and total hardness.

Students engage in laboratory experimentation by collecting water samples from the Ag Barn and conduct tests to determine water quality. Samples are tested for pH, chlorine, iron, copper, and total hardness.

Expanding Your Horizons

The Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Network is a global platform that seeks to increase female participation in the fields of math and science (as a part of the STEM effort) by facilitating local conferences that inspire middle school and high school-aged girls in hands-on workshops. Schreiner University hosts EYH annually, and BCRAGD proudly sponsors and collaborates with its implementation. BCRAGD district staff facilitates an array of environmental and conservation hands-on experiments, activities and discussions. Topics include aquifer science, water conservation, water quality, and watersheds.
For more event information, visit http://www.schreiner.edu/eyh/

Water Resource Stewardship Program in Collaboration with Nueces River Authority

BCRAGD sponsors and co-facilitates the Nueces River Authority’s Water Resource Stewardship Education Program for 5th and 7th-grade students in Bandera County Schools. This program features presentations on water use, aquifers, groundwater, weathering, deposition, surface water, and watersheds. Students get to experience first hand how pollution moves through a river basin with the use of the Nueces River Basin 3-D model and see how water moves throughout the two different types of Aquifer systems.