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WATER Symposium – Sunday, Feb. 14th – Tuesday, Feb. 16th

January 27, 2014

GEAA is one of the sponsors of the WATER Symposium, coming up on February 14-16, 2010, at Trinity University’s Holt Conference Center. This free symposium takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of water, with presenters speaking about the science, politics, history, poetry, music, architecture, fashion, law, spirituality (and much more) of this precious resource. For a full list of presentation topics and speakers, please visit the WATER Symposium website.

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83rd Legislative Session Report

June 11, 2013

Check out the report on how the bills on GEAA’s legislative agenda fared during the 83rd session. I am so pleased to report that all 15 of the “Bills We Hate” failed. Thank you so much for your calls, letters, and testimony! Five of these bad bills did make it to the Calendars Committee, which means we will have to watch out for them next session. Of 27 versions of the “Bills We Love” eight passed! The following bills are already passed into law: [arrow_list] [list_item]SB 567 – Watson, Nichols – transfers the economic regulation of investor owned water utilities from

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Citizens Rally to Protect the Aquifer and Bracken Bat Preserve

June 7, 2013

You folks certainly know how to get someone’s attention! On May 29th over 200 citizens showed up to give San Antonio’s Mayor Castro and City Council an earful about why we oppose a high density development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone next door to the Bracken Bat Preserve. GEAA was joined by Bat Conservation International, Alamo Group of the Sierra Club, Bexar Audubon Society, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Bexar Green Party, Green Spaces Alliance, Texas Audubon and many, many concerned nature lovers and water wonks who presented very compelling arguments urging City Council to take action to protect our

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GEAA Opposes Crescent Hills Development

May 24, 2013

When: Wednesday, May 29th at 6:00 pm Where: City Council Chambers, San Antonio Municipal Plaza Building, 114 W. Commerce Citizens will join the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance, Alamo Group of the Sierra Club, Bat Conservation International and others to address the Mayor and City Council at Citizens to Be Heard to protest the SAWS contract for water and sewer service to the Crescent Hills development in Comal County. Once again, it seems that we need to remind City Council that we do not want to subsidize development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone. Not on Our Water, Not with Our Money!

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Scientists Study How Contamination Travels in the Edwards Aquifer

May 10, 2013

The Edwards Aquifer is the sole source of drinking water for more than two million residents.  That’s why it’s important for scientists to understand how contamination travels in this karst aquifer.  This report from WOAI TV news explains some shocking results of dye tracing studies conducted by the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

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Join GEAA at City Hall in San Antonio on May 29th

May 6, 2013

On March 11, 2013, the Board of Trustees of the San Antonio Water System approved water and wastewater service to Crescent Hills, a development located entirely in Comal County on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone. This 1,545 acre tract, bordered by the newly acquired Cibolo Canyon Preserve and the Bracken Bat Preserve, is too high density for the Recharge Zone. Planned to build out at four houses per acre, Crescent Hills does not comply with San Antonio’s impervious cover restrictions. It is estimated that San Antonio Water System (SAWS) will need to secure an additional 976 acre feet per year to

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