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GEAA hires two new full-time staffers to increase our efforts in 2022

December 9, 2021

Dear GEAA members and friends, I am delighted to announce that GEAA has hired two new full time staffers! Brendan Gibbons has joined the GEAA staff as Assistant Manager. Brendan comes to us from the San Antonio Report, where he reported on environmental issues for four years after a stint as environmental reporter for the San Antonio Express News. Many of you already know Brendan from his reporting on your issues. We hope you will be as pleased to work with him in this new capacity as I am. Brendan is already posting the latest water news on social media. You

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GEAA Assistant Manager Job Posting

June 21, 2021

Calling all jacks of all trades: the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance is seeking a permanent full-time Assistant Manager to add to our team. To learn more and see how to apply, you can find the job posting here.

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The Edwards Aquifer: Our Unique Treasure

September 3, 2020

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.

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GEAA works with neighbors on the southeast to improve water quality in the lake at Milam Tealer Park

January 23, 2019

Park Photos The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA) has been working with the Lakeside Neighborhood Association (LNA) for over a year; initially providing information on possible resources for addressing environmental issues at Milam Tealer Park with an emphasis on the lake. GEAA staff facilitated the “Lake” committee meetings giving a variety of educational presentations (Lake at Tealer Parki), calling on local experts to offer information and recommendations for the lake and eventually developing a plan with water quality and wildlife habitat as the priorities. The basic activity plan can be seen (Lakeside Map Plan) To initiate progress on the plan, the

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The City of Blanco is Requesting to Discharge 1.6 Million Gallons of Wastewater Daily into the Blanco River

August 22, 2018

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

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Joe Straus Elected Speaker

January 13, 2009

AUSTIN – Texas legislators unanimously elected Rep. Joe Straus III speaker of the state House Tuesday, making Straus the first San Antonio leader of the

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