AUSTIN — According to a news release, the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) announced on Oct. 3 that Stage III declaration restrictions will take effect on Nov. 1. This comes after the Lovelady monitor well, one of two drought stage determinants for the district, reached ...

Staff Report BUDA — The city of Buda implemented “Stage 2” drought conservation measures as of Monday, Nov 7. The move to Stage 2 restrictions is partially precipitated by the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District’s (BSEACD) move to Stage 3 restrictions for the Barton Springs aquifer....

By Sahar Chmais After nine years of serving as board secretary of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD), Blake Dorsett has resigned his position. BSEACD is now accepting applicants for a new board secretary. Dorsett brought a wealth of experience to his job as Precinct 3 ...

Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer District July 8 lifts Stage II drought declaration.   by Brittany Anderson While the local aquifer district is lifting water restrictions, that doesn’t mean all cities are following suit. The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District July 8 lifted the Stage ...

By Sahar Chmais It was a fight between two aquifer districts, but in the end House Bill 3405, passed in 2015, meant that a permit allowing pumpage of more than 289 million gallons of water had to be granted. A lawsuit filed by Trinity Edwards Spring Protection Association (TESPA) in early 2020 comba...

A lawsuit alleging Kinder Morgan has violated the Endangered Species Act with its approach to building a natural gas pipeline through the heart of the Texas Hill Country has added new plaintiffs. The Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Jan 28. to join the suit, which was filed by the B...

A small but determined group of opponents to Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline gathered in downtown Kyle for the first of two protests last week. Carrying signs that said “Safe pipelines don’t exist” and “Clean energy now,” they encouraged passing motorists to honk their support, and many did...

by Sahar Chmais Executive Director Vanessa Puig-Williams of the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Alliance (TESPA) stood before the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) Dec. 12 in a final attempt to ask for a rehearing on the Needmore Water LLC case, but her request was sho...

by Jim Camp, former BSEACD president Thank local citizens for “preserving the environment we all share” for new SH 45 SW. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA), an agency that funds and builds roads in central Texas, has been advertising the building of SH 45SW Toll Road and their ro...

To mitigate stress on Buda’s water supply during the dry summer months, the city is looking into building a pilot well for an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) system. The proposed ASR project would inject groundwater into the Trinity Aquifer and store it for later use. A pilot well would be drille...