The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District (HPWD) Board of Directors adopted revisions to the Water District’s rules on November 24, 2020.

Texas state law enables groundwater conservation districts to draft rules providing for the conservation, regulation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and of aquifers or their subdivisions. Groundwater conservation districts are the state's preferred method of groundwater management through rules developed, adopted, and promulgated by the district.