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Water war boils back up: Legislation may roll back groundwater protections
Dripping Springs, News
Moses Leos III, on
March 29, 2017
Water war boils back up: Legislation may roll back groundwater protections

The fight over Hays County groundwater is bubbling once again after legislation in the 85th Texas Legislature has drawn the ire of a local state representative.   

At the center of the controversy is the 5,000-acre Needmore Ranch, located near Wimberley  and owned by south Texas beer distributor Greg LaMantia.

The property is within the jurisdiction of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District. The latter was added as a resul...

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