HAYS COUNTY  — Aqua Texas is proposing an increase to water and wastewater rates for all customers across the state, including those who use its services in Hays County. The water utility company filed for a System Improvement Charge (SIC) increase with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) i...

WIMBERLEY — Aqua Texas, a water utility company that serves Hays County, was fined approximately $450,000 by the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) for pumping 89.4 million gallons of water in 2022, which was almost twice the amount was allotted by its permit. “We are the fastest...

By Anita Miller Hays County voters will be asked to approve a $75 to $80 million bond election on Nov. 3. At the urging of the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee (POSAC), the vote was 4-1, with Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe the sole dissenting vote. She said although she supporte...

By Anita Miller Another allegation against Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline has been raised, this time by the Sierra Club and, once again, the energy giant has refuted the claim. On Monday, July 27, Gabby Brown of the Sierra Club cited local landowners in reporting a spill of drilling fluid ...

Signs outside a Monday press conference in Wimberley (above) can be seen all along the route of the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP). The laughter of children playing in and along Cypress Creek provided a backdrop as a new federal lawsuit against Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) was anno...

More salvos were fired last week in the ongoing fight between Hill Country landowners, environmentalists and energy giant Kinder Morgan. The Wimberley Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) and the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA) have jointly threatened to sue Kinder Morgan after...

Discolored water from wells near the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline is causing distress. Test results on the water, taken where the pipeline is about to cross the Blanco River, are expected soon from a Lower Colorado River Authority laboratory. Once the results are received, David Baker of t...

By Nathalie Cohetero Wimberley City Council voted to adopt a final draft of the Cypress Creek Nature Preserve and Trail Master Plan at their recent meeting. In partnership with the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association (WVWA), the city of Wimberley approved a master plan addressing challenges regar...

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...