Kyle’s battle over pumping permit nears an end

By Moses Leos III

A possible settlement involving Kyle, the Save Our Springs Alliance and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) may end a seven-year fight over Kyle’s right to pump from the Edward’s Aquifer. 

“That city is optimistic and we hope the SOS and the [BSEACD] are also optimistic,” Mike Gerson, law partner at Lloyd Gosselink and the city’s attorney on water issues said. “The parties have turned a corner in this whole permit exercise, and we can settle all matters pretty soon.”