“Where The Water Flows Everything Grows”

– Oscar Garza

“Where The Water Flows Everything Grows”

– Oscar Garza

Hidalgo County
Irrigation District No. 6

(Mission, Texas)

Connecting HCID No.6 Water, Land, & Environment

Farming and ranching have long played important roles in the Rio Grande Valley’s development. Agriculture continues to contribute to the region’s economy through job creation, capital investment and reliable economic activity. From thriving farmers markets to internationally competitive farms, farming is a critical part of our region’s way of life. HCID No.6 plays, an invaluable role in conveying water throughout our canal systems to many farm and ranch families.

Hidalgo County Irrigation District No.6 (HCID No.6) was created in February 1927, and its infrastructure and service area are located to the US-Mexico Border along the western part of Hidalgo County. The District boundaries extend west of the City of Mission, Texas and Northward about 12.5 miles from U.S. Highway 281. HCID No.6 serves an area covering approximately 18,900 acres. The Rio Grande River is the only source of water for the district, providing irrigation and water supply functions to 35.8 square miles of Hidalgo County.

20-Year Capital Investment Plan

The Future is Now!

Over the past few years HCID No.6 has studied how best to modernize our nearby 100 year-old water system in a way that provides the best benefit to our patrons, our community and our environment. Building off the work we are completing for the System Improvement Plan and our Hidalgo County Irrigation No.6 Expansion Project 2022 submission, we’ve started to create a 20-year Capital Investment Plan to serve as our road map for working with partners and securing crucial funding.

Reservoir and Walker Lake

HCID No.6 currently has two water storage facilities.

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Walker Lake Data

Stream: 116 acres
Location: Approx. 1.25 miles Southeast of La Joya, Texas
Type of Dam: Compacted Earth Fill
Year Constructed: 1980 Approximately
Dam Height: 12.4 feet approximately
Principal Spillway: Will flow South on two corrugated 36″ galvanized pipe
Normal Storage Volume: 300 acre feet
Elevation (Mean Sea Level)
Principal Spillway Crest: 132.2 msl
Auxiliary Spillway Crest: 134.0 msl
Top of Dam: 144.0 msl

HCID No.6 Reservoir

Size: 50 acres
Location: Approx. 1.5 miles Southeast of La Joya, Texas
Type of Dam: Compacted Earth Fill
Year Constructed: 1980 Approximately
Dam Height: 22.5 feet approximately
Principal Spillway: Will flow North on two concrete culverts 36″ pipe
Normal Storage Volume: 1050 acre feet
Elevation (Mean Sea Level)
Principal Spillway Crest: 132.2 msl
Auxiliary Spillway Crest: 134.0 msl
Top of Dam: 144.0 msl

System Improvement Plan Overview

HCID No.6 Irrigation District operated and maintains over 45 miles of canals that collectively deliver water to approximately 18,900 acres of productive land. The nature of the HCID No.6 geology result in the necessity to maintenance four pumps stations and canal system. To become more efficient, HCID No.6 is analyzing its entire system through a comprehensive System Improvement Plan (SIP).

The purpose of the SIP is to:
• Evaluate the district’s primary and secondary canal systems.
• Develop a mitigation plan for the seepage and evaporation losses.
• Analyze the opportunities to deliver sufficient water to its patrons.
• Evaluate hydro power opportunities while maintaining our initial purpose.
• Installing GIS mapping to effectively identify our delivery system needs.
The project consists of 4 components:

1. Renovating the existing lining of approximately 3.0 miles of District main and lateral canals.
2. Replacement of existing slide-gate structures.
3. Revitalizing our existing telemetry system to improve regulation of water supply in the District and reduce losses from spills from the canals.
4. Replacing antiquated motors and pumps to be more energy efficient, self-priming pumps.

These improvements will result in an increase of water delivered to individual fields and/or will allow a greater number of fields to be simultaneously irrigated. The proposed activities will improve water management and conservation of water, reduce evaporation, seepage losses and operation and maintenance costs, and will conserve energy. In addition, these energy savings and reduced personnel cost will allow for potential hydropower opportunities to help fund our waster conservation and restoration projects with the benefits of clean and renewable energy.

Water Conservation Improvement Project

Conservation Phases

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 1

System Improvement
Plan

Phase 2

Northward Expansion Preparation

Phase 3

Capital
Investment
Plan

Conserved water that is not lost to seepage can be used for water right holders or expanding irrigated farmlands. Conserved water through relined canals used to reduce the demand for stored water in the reservoirs. For example, HCID No.6 could use all or a portion of the conserved water to reduce its reliance on stored water in HCID No.6 reservoir, and Walker Lake.

There are 119.85 miles of main canals and pipelines of which 31.22 miles are main canal. There are 88.63 miles of laterals of which 75.91 miles are enclosed pipelines and 43.41 miles are lined canals. There is an earth inlet that stretches from the Rio Grande to the river pumping station. It measures approximately 0.61 of a mile long. HCID No.6 created this channel in 1927 to access the river that recessed to the South at a posterior date after the first original construction of the river pumping station. All canals except the 0.61 of a mile of open channel from the Rio Grande to the river pumps and the 0.53 of a mile from the river pump to the reservoirs are concrete lined.

Solar Energy

The purpose of HCID No.6 System Improvement Plan (SIP) is to identify opportunities to conserve water, to provide water to our patrons and to improve our overall water management. Solar Energy generation is a secondary consideration, Nonetheless, renewable energy is becoming increasingly important in Rio Grande Valley and the World. This type of energy generation is clean, renewable and carbon-free. Throughout the process of developing the System Improvement Plan, We evaluated a number of potential renewable energy sources options and Solar Energy is the best choice.

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Traditional methods of generation, such as burning coal or gas to great electricity emits greenhouse gases. The carbon greenhouse gases are warming our planet and changing our climate in ways that if not corrected will leave large parts of our planet uninhabitable in an alarmingly short time frame. As a result, there has been unprecedented investment in clean energy sources. Wind power, hydropower, and energy from biomass have all attracted attention. But the energy source leaving the global energy transformation is solar power.

Solar Energy is beneficial for a number of reasons, First, these projects generate revenue. The revenue can be used to help defray the cost of large-scale water conservation projects, while producing clean and renewable energy.

HCID No.6 will work closely with the local community, state and federal agencies and all stakeholders to evaluate the potential for any new micro-hydropower projects in its service area.

“Where The Water Flows Everything Grows”

– Oscar Garza

HCID No.6 General Manager

Dr. Antonio Uresti

General Manager
antonio.uresti@hcid6.com

Staff Directory

Management Staff:

Field Supervisor: Pablo Zapata (956) 252-3100 • pablo.zapata@hcid6.com
Asst. Field Supervisor: Cesar Garcia (956) 330-3784 • hcid06@gmail.com
Law Enforcement: Isidro Rosales​ (956) 766-1729 • isidro.rosales@co.hidalgo.tx.us

Office Staff:

Office Manager: Minnie Mueller (956) 585-8389 • minnie.mueller@hcid6.com
Accounts Payable: Reynaldo Razo (956) 585-8389 • rey.razo@hcid6.com
Bookkeeper: Carmen Garcia (956) 585-8389 • carmen.garcia@hcid6.com

Customer Service: Valinda Martinez (956) 585-8389 • valinda.martinez@hcid6.com

Contact HCID No.6

To contact us please call 956-585-8389 or fill-out the form below with any questions.
After Hours: 956-252-3100      Email us: hcid06@gmail.com

Location

3735 N. FM 492 (physical)
P.O. Box 786 (mailing)
Mission, TX 78574

Business Hours

Monday-Friday
8am-5pm

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