by John Hatch
(Publisher’s Note: Last week’s guest column by Tim Doty was anti-EP. This week the discussion continues with pro-EP remarks.)
Imagine the Texas Legislature is meeting. Two bills are up for consideration. One bill creates a Groundwater Conservation District to oversee areas that up until now are only regulated by state law – known as white zones. What began more than three years ago and taking a huge financial gamble, a group spends millions of dollars to legally drill wells as allowed under current state law into the Trinity aquifer with plans to pump millions of gallons of water to take care of thousands of citizens and businesses that will need water. Those citizens already get water from the Edwards Aquifer and the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority and now will also get water from the Trinity. The water will come from the county and will stay to serve people in that county.
