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Dr. Ron Green, member of the City of San Antonio’s Edwards Aquifer Protection Program Scientific Evaluation Team, joined Annalisa Peace, Director of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance, to discuss the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program, how and where the Aquifer recharges, and what is needed to protect this marvelous resource. You can watch this discussion in its entirety here, or view selected portions to the right.

Dear GEAA members and friends, When it rains, it pours.  A few weeks ago I sent you message about plans to discharge half a million gallons of sewage effluent per day into Honey Creek.  Last week, I recieved notice that there are also plans to discharge sewage effluent into Indian Creek in Bulverde.  Now this… The City of Blanco is currently constructing a wastewater treatment facility, which is nearing completion. Blanco has recently requested an amendment to their wastewater discharge permit that would authorize an increase in the discharge of treated domestic wastewater from  225,000 gallons per day to 1,600,000 gallons per day into the

Summary of policy changes and recommendations to improve stormwater management Deborah Reid, Technical Director Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Spring 2018 Goals of recommended changes: Prevent additional flooding from new development and incentivize more sustainable stormwater management measures. Increase implementation of guidelines set forth in the Master Plan Policies (1997), the Comprensive Master Plan Framework (2010), SA2020 (2011), SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plant (2016) and any subsequent stormwater management and water quality goals. Remove all segments of San Antonio’s streams and rivers from the State’s list of impaired water bodies while meeting and exceeding the City’s MS4 permit requirements. Insure that taxpayers are

Forum to Discuss Local Options for Hill Country Counties Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Place: GVTC Auditorium, 36101 FM 3159, New Braunfels (near US 281) It’s a well-known fact that Texans hold fast and true to their rights as private property owners, and property owners generally have the right to develop and use their property in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations. But what happens when the federal, state or local laws and regulations lend themselves to land fragmentation and degradation? What are land owners to do when their neighbor’s business causes concerns