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Grimes County land: wells, valuation & septic
Screening information for buying acreage, with a source and review date on every fact.
What is established for Grimes County
2 of 3 screening layers have a reviewed official source. None of this substitutes for a survey, a title opinion, or a determination by the office that regulates your tract.
Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District
Who regulates a well here, and what does a permit require?
- District
- Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District (BGCD) ↗
- Counties served
- Austin, Grimes, Walker and Waller ↗
- Governance
- Sixteen-member board; four directors appointed to four-year terms by each county's commissioners court. ↗
This source does not establish: Exempt-well criteria and the permit threshold for a domestic or livestock well; Spacing, drawdown and production limits; Whether a specific tract lies inside the district boundary. Confirm these with the office before relying on them.
Official source ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-11 · Source last checked 2026-10-12. Conservation-district boundaries do not follow county lines. A district listed for the county does not establish the rule for a specific tract.
Agricultural valuation
What does the appraisal district require for 1-d-1 productivity valuation?
Not yet researched for Grimes County. This layer is published only after reading the responsible office's own source, so there is nothing here yet rather than an inference.
Grimes County Environmental Services Division
Who permits a septic system, and what must be done before a permit?
- Permitting authority
- Grimes County Environmental Services Division ↗
- Scope
- Permits, installs and inspects on-site sewage facilities within county boundaries. Authority is limited to septic oversight and illegal dumping in county right of way. ↗
- Office
- 1170 CR 280, Annex Bldg. Suite ENV105, Anderson, TX 77830 ↗
- Phone
- (936) 873-4495 ↗
- Designated representative
- Angela Schroeder ↗
- Office hours
- Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. ↗
This source does not establish: Permit fees, which this page does not list; Whether a site and soil evaluation is required before application; Minimum lot size and setback requirements. Confirm these with the office before relying on them.
Official source ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-11 · Source last checked 2026-10-12. TCEQ delegates on-site sewage permitting to authorized agents. The permitting authority can be the county, a city, or a river authority.
Coverage & limits
Each fact links the page it was read from. A field that is absent was not established by that source; it is not a finding that the requirement does not exist. Groundwater district boundaries do not follow county lines, so district coverage for a county does not establish coverage for a specific tract.