By Barbara Hopson
More than 200 people attended a Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District meeting at the Wimberley Community Center Monday night. The presentation by BSEACD Board President Mary Stone and General Manager John Dupnik was aimed at informing well owners in the recently enlarged BSEACD area of how they can register with the district.
Texas House Bill 3405 was passed by the 84th Legislature, in large part because of the controversial issues surrounding Electro Purification’s test wells in the unregulated white zone of the Middle Trinity Aquifer. Earlier this year, community activists, most from Wimberley and the Rollingwood subdivision in Driftwood, protested EP’s project which was meant to supply water to three separate entities on the eastern side of Hays County.
