TWDB Texas Water Wells

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Texas Water Development Board groundwater data — SDR drillers' reports, GWDB curated wells, plugging records, and brackish-water surveys.

What is TWDB Texas Water Wells?

Texas Water Development Board public ArcGIS REST FeatureServer covering ~680K Submitted Driller's Reports (SDR), ~143K curated Groundwater Database (GWDB) sites with aquifer + water-level history, ~242K Plugging Reports, and ~89K brackish wells (BRACS). Search by county, bbox, or radius; filter by depth, proposed use, drilling date, or aquifer. Server-side depth percentiles via `getDepthStatistics`. Owner names redacted by default; pass `includeOwner: true` only when explicitly requested.

Available Tools

searchWells
Search SDR water wells by county, bbox, depth, proposed use, or drilling date.
getWellsNearPoint
Radius search (0.1–50 mi). Returns nearest-first with distanceMiles.
getWellById
Fetch one SDR record by tracking number; PII gated by includeOwner.
getDepthStatistics
Server-side depth percentiles (p10/25/50/75/90) with optional groupBy.
getCountyCounts
Statewide SDR well counts and median depth grouped by county.
getPluggingReports
Plugging Reports layer — county/bbox/near + plugging date filters.
searchGwdbSites
Curated GWDB groundwater wells — supports aquifer and well-use filters.
getGwdbSiteById
Fetch one GWDB site by state well number (e.g. "57-46-302").
searchBrackishWells
BRACS brackish-water layer; hasGeophysicalLog matches SourceWellData.
getServiceInfo
Schema, fields, and record counts per layer.

Requirements

ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS
Set ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS=true to allow connector toggles.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Set ENABLE_ENVIRONMENTAL_APIS=true for your deployment.

Open /mcp and turn on TWDB with the environmental switch.

Call the twdb MCP tool — start with method=searchWells or method=getServiceInfo.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect TWDB Texas Water Wells to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect TWDB Texas Water Wells to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting TWDB Texas Water Wells to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"TWDB Texas Water Wells-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}