Initial results from an ongoing study have found Onion Creek is “hydrologically connected” to the Middle Trinity Aquifer, according to a memo to the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD). Doug Wierman, an independent geoscientist working with the Meadows Center in San Marcos,...

Buda city leaders took another step toward implementing Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) with the approval of a pilot study meant to test the safety of the proposed project. On Dec. 5, the Buda City Council approved, by a 6-0 vote, a professional services agreement with HDR for the pilot study. Co...

t’s been 30 years since talks of regulation brought landowners from Hays County and the surrounding area together to request oversight of the community’s most precious resource – water. Those efforts led to the formation of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD), which is ...

A bill meant to ease restrictions for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) for Buda died before it could be heard on the Texas House of Representatives floor prior to Sine Die last month. Even with the bill’s demise, Buda city officials, who clamored for the bill, still have hope for the future. “All ...

The failure of House Bill 4122 in the 85th Texas Legislative session was deemed “a big win” by a local state representative as he believes it leaves groundwater under the protection of conservation districts. State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) said the original bill, filed by State Rep. Kyl...

The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) water conservation period began Monday and extends through the end of September, according to a press release. The five month period is the time when water use is at its peak, according to district officials.   Since January 2016, gro...

A proposed house bill could call for five groundwater conservation districts (GCD) spread across Hays, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and Kendall Counties to merge into a single aquifer management entity. But concerns are rising that the legislation filed by State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) has re...

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 Gre...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton Thanks to an agreement with the cities of Kyle and San Marcos for use of their excess water, Buda may have partially solved some of its own water woes.  But questions over how much Buda will have to pay for use of the excess water still remains.   “Those are obstacles we can o...

By Moses Leos III A Buda area well owner’s permit to pump 270 million gallons of water per year from the Edwards Aquifer for wholesale supply got the green light last Thursday.  But with only six months to come up with a customer, well owner T.J. Higginbotham is now on the clock to meet his end of t...