An area special utility district (SUD) could gain powers to build an 11-mile pipeline should officials approve a proposed groundwater permit to pump close to one billion gallons of water annually from the Trinity Aquifer.

Goforth SUD could obtain eminent domain powers allowing construction of infrastructure that could funnel water from test wells near Wimberley, owned by Electro Purification (EP), to its customers in Hays, Travis and Caldwell counties.

Goforth is a customer of EP, a Houston-based ...