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Brownsville Irrigation District

The Brownsville Irrigation District was created under the applicable articles of the Texas Constitution in 1919 as Cameron County Water and Improvement District Number 5. At that time, the District purchased the facilities of the Indiana Cooperative Canal Company, a privately owned company that had been organized to furnish water to land within the District. The Board of Directors held its first meeting on August 13, 1919 and its first bonds were sold on March 1, 1920. The District was reorganized several times and on May 18, 2000, the District obtained approval from the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, now the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to change its name to Brownsville Irrigation District. The Districts primary operation is to provide irrigation and farmland drainage.

     The District holds water rights from the State of Texas, administered by TCEQ. TCEQ Certificate of Adjudication No. A843-000 authorizes the District to divert a maximum quantity of water of 33,949.45 acre-feet of Class A irrigation water per year, if allocated to the District. In addition, TCEQ Certificate of Adjudication No. M843-000 authorizes the District the use of 3,834.000 acre-feet of water per year for municipal purposes.

 

     The District is approximately 20,000 acres (31.25 sq miles) with off channel storage of 2000 acre-feet, in resacas. The conveyance system has 110 miles of underground pipeline that delivers water to the fields by 14 inch alfalfa valves. There are 3 pumps at the river, two 45 cfs and one 80 cfs, that deliver water to the resacas. The water is delivered to the field through pipeline by 12 pump stations located on the resaca banks throughout the District.

 

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6925 Coffee Port Road
Brownsville, Tx. 78521

bid@brownsvilleirrigation.org
(956) 831-8462

Working Hours
 

8:00 am – 12:00 pm
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Closed for Lunch

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