BCRAGD reaches joint settlement with BMA

A joint press released announced the governing boards of the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District (BCRAGD) and the Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water control and Improvement District (BMA) each approved an agreement settling and resolving litigation pending between the two since 2013.

“CRAGD and BMA have reached an understanding and agreement that is in the best interests of both our political subdivisions and our citizens, taxpayers, and customers and that terminates the litigation and disputes between the two entities,” said a statement released in the press release and attributed to the presidents and governing bodies of both entities.

The release said the decision was reached during special board meetings on June 9 and 20.

The litigation between the two dates back to 2013, when BCRAGD filed a declaratory action suit against BMA arguing certain actions done by BMA in Bandera County had exceeded their authority and encroached upon BCRADS’s.

The lawsuit was set for trial next month, but during a court-mandated mediation, representatives of the two entities reached a settlement later approached by each entity’s governing body.