HB 4122 Author – Kyle Kacal (R-College Station) What: Bill would allow the owner of a parcel of land greater than 1,000 acres and included in the jurisdiction of two or more groundwater districts to petition to transfer their entire parcel of land into a single district. Status – In committee: HB 41...

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 Logan McCullough The expansion of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) to extend representation to a previously unregulated area of Hays County forced the redistricting of new precinct boundaries.   Although BSEACD was five years away from a planned redistricting, whe...

By Ashley Sava   Expansion of the boundaries of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to cover a section of unprotected groundwater in Hays County is one step closer to becoming law, according to a statement from Texas State Representative Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs, District...