The San Jacinto River Authority board of directors on Aug. 15 announced it approved an agreement with the city of Conroe to end litigation over the SJRA Groundwater Reduction Plan initiated in 2016.

The background

The legal disputes began when Conroe in 2016 disputed increases in wholesale water rates related to the SJRA's 2019 Groundwater Reduction Plan , according to the release.

As previously reported by Community Impact , Groundwater Reduction Plan contracts took effect in 2015 after Montgomery County’s Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District enacted limits on groundwater pumping in 2008, before the groundwater district’s board was changed to an elected membership. The contracts allowed the SJRA to draw surface water from Lake Conroe, treat it and sell it to cities and

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