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  A team of experts convened by GEAA in October 2017 has sent a report to the City of San Antonio detailing recommendations for better managing stormwater.  Our findings were distributed to the Mayor and San Antonio City Council on February 22, 2018. GEAA will continue to advocate adoption of these recommendations by the City of San Antonio, and are grateful to Mayor Nirenberg and members of City Council for prioritizing this issue. You can read our Position Paper and Recommendations for Managing Stormwater here and read more from the Rivard Report here.

February 2nd & 3rd Presentations from the Conference  Overview of the State of Comal County Bob Templeton President, Templeton Demographics Bob has been the primary school demographer in the state of Texas for the last 10 years. Templeton Demographics has helped over 100 school districts in planning for their future facility needs. Templeton Demographics Tom Hornseth Comal County Engineer Tom is a Graduate of the University of Minnesota, BS Civil Engineering, and a Texas Registered Professional Engineer. In 1992, he became Comal County Engineer, where his responsibilities include operation of the County Road Department; administration of Subdivision, Floodplain, Addressing, and Sewage Facility regulations; management of the Parks Department and Rural

What is a Rain Garden? Community Rain Gardens Project Synopsis Community Rain Gardens and Under Your Feet Campaign Implementing Low Impact Development: A Process for BMPs Site Selection – July 2017 Improve Stormwater Treatment at UTSA PP Low Impact Development, Rain Gardens & Clean Water Study with UTSA College of Architecture and GEAA Watershed Stwardship for the Edwards Aquifer Region: A Low Impact Development Manual How to get a Rain Garden Community Rain Garden Application Low Impact Development, Rain Gardens & Clean Water Receive a Rain Garden in your neighborhood Flyer Woods of Shavano Rain Garden Day 1 – September 17,

The United Nations has designated November 19th World Toilet Day.  GEAA celebrated by joining hundreds of citizens at a meeting with the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality to protest a discharge permit for a new sewage treatment plant in Comal County. You can see GEAA’s presentation here and read our comments here.  You can read more about the meeting here. This new treatment plant will serve the 4S Ranch subdivision just outside Bulverde that will put 1880 homes on 780 acres. The plant will treat 460,000 gallons per day to be discharged just north of the confluence of Dripping Springs and Lewis creeks, which