The Middle Trinity Aquifer has risen and fallen within the past 10 years but it is declining overall, the principal hydrogeologist for the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) told the Hays County Commissioners Court during their Oct. 22 meeting. Brian Smith put up a slide s...

Further discussion on a Houston-based firm’s request for nearly one billion gallons of Middle Trinity aquifer groundwater is heading into the court system. On July 12, the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) board of directors unanimously approved for the State Office of Ad...

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,...

The city of Buda may be able to pass water through the Edwards Aquifer and into the Middle Trinity for storage if the Texas Legislature passes a bill that eases restrictions relating to Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR). House Bill (HB) 3333, authored by State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs),...