Posted by admin | Mar 25, 2015 | News, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Conservation
Rainwater Revival Calls for Grant Applications from Hill Country Schools For the fifth consecutive year, the Hill Country Alliance’s Rainwater Revival offers funds to help students learn about rainwater catchment and water conservation. As Texas Hill Country residents...
Posted by admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Conservation Easements, News
Protecting watersheds and aquifer recharge areas should be a priority for the House Natural Resources Committee, writes Andrew Sansom, executive director of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. Purchasing development rights from...
Posted by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Groundwater Resources, News
This case could lead to the review and potentially overturn the ‘rule of capture’. “We hope to bring the common law of Texas into accord with the laws promoting groundwater conservation as passed by the Legislature and as mandated by the Texas...
Posted by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | News
What is being sold to San Antonio as water security for the future could temporarily fuel Hill Country growth and once that supply is needed in San Antonio, then what? “The Hill Country is a beautiful area with limited surface water, limited groundwater and no big...
Posted by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Groundwater Resources, News
“The Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District, which has regulatory authority over the Vista Ridge water, determined that about 50,000 acre-feet of water could be safely permitted. Given that the groundwater district has already granted permits for more...
