By Kim Hilsenbeck Should property owners in western Hays County with wells panic because a private company is planning large draws on the aquifer underneath their land? Electro Purification (EP), a water company from Houston with planned wells between Wimberley and Driftwood, says the recent conster...

Group files suit to halt EP well project By Moses Leos III In another chapter of the Hays County water wars, a nonprofit group aims to bring a Trinity Aquifer well project to a temporary halt. The Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA) filed suit Friday in Hays County District Court ...

By Andy Sevilla In a nod of support to western Hays County residents concerned over unregulated commercial pumping of the Trinity Aquifer, Buda Council members unanimously approved a resolution supporting groundwater protection.  Buda’s support, however, comes with a few self-serving injunctions. Th...

When I bought property in Driftwood, TX, I knew that I would need to relearn a few things about living in the country.  I had been a “city girl” for many years but my roots are in small towns of far east Texas. Living in Austin, I was very aware of water.. water that I drank as well as the recreatio...

E veryone should understand the tremendous importance and impact of the water wells that are now being drilled in the heart of Hays County.  This issue has made people a lot hotter than Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic.  But this act deserves this type of heat and concern – it’s a thrust into t...

By Andy Sevilla Much to the dismay of a standing-room only city hall, Buda council members approved the execution of a water supply contract that would bring one million gallons of water per day for city use from the Trinity Aquifer in western Hays County. The private water supplier who is looking t...