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‘Crowding 850 houses onto 230 acres’: Fischer community group stands up to large home developments
Fischer Neighbors are organizing to push back against a proposed development that would squeeze roughly 850 homes onto about 230 acres of rural land. This plan would strain water resources, clear-cut all trees, and change the character of the community. The upcoming TCEQ hearing about the wastewater permit tied to the project is a great opportunity for people to speak up before regulators about their concerns. Fischer Neighbors has been hosting town halls, sharing guidance on how to comment, and asking neighbors across the Hill Country to make their voices heard as growth continues. Read more here.

Guajolote Ranch development in limbo after San Antonio City Council vote
San Antonio Current by Michael KarlisFebruary 5, 2026 🚨 BIG NEWS for water defenders! Today the San Antonio City Council stood strong for clean water, unanimously voting no on a Municipal Utility District for the Guajolote Ranch development — slowing down a project that could threaten our precious Edwards Aquifer! 💧🙌 Thanks to community voices and advocates standing up for every Central Texan who relies on this lifeline. The fight isn’t over, but today we made real progress! 🌟

Speak Out Against Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch 2/5
This coming Thursday, February 5th, San Antonio City council will be voting on whether to approve the creation of a Municipal Utility District (MUD) for Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch subdivision. Due to concerns about the negative impacts this high density subdivision would have on San Antonio’s Edwards Aquifer water supplies, GEAA has been opposing this project for the last three years. You can read our comments urging denial of the MUD application here. You can see additional concerns about this MUD here. You can learn lots more about the Guajolote Ranch project here. Those of you who share our concerns can contact your City Council representative prior

Salado Creek Community Meeting
GEAA Technical Director Mike Clifford presented at a community meeting in Salado, along with GEAA Member Group Save Texas Streams’ Advocacy Director Brian Zabcik. The meeting was held to organize opposition to the Reserve at Salado Creek development’s plans to dump up to 700,000 gallons per day into Salado Creek, which is in the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone. If you want to learn more, click here to read GEAA’s comments. If you want to take action, next week there will be a public meeting on Jan 27 at the Salado ISD Administration building (601 N. Main Street, Salado, TX 76571) at

The case for rejecting a proposed municipal utility district for Guajolote Ranch
By Annalisa Peace, For the Express-News For the past three years, The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance has partnered with the city of Grey Forest and the Scenic Loop/Helotes Creek Alliance to oppose a wastewater permit to serve a development of 2,900 new homes by Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction at Guajolote Ranch, which is within the environmentally fragile Helotes Creek watershed. We request that the San Antonio Planning Commission, mayor and City Council deny the application for a MUD for Guajolote Ranch for a variety of reasons, which are detailed in the full article on SA Express News. Notably, it is our experience that the

Controversial Guajolote Ranch Set for San Antonio Planning Commission Hearing
A day after Bexar County Commissioner’s urged the TCEQ to reconsider the project’s approval for fear of potential water contamination, San Antonio planners set a date to consider a proposal to help fund the development. What is the environmental impact of 3,000 homes? How about 3,000 homes with a privately operated wastewater treatment plant—and just a short shot up gradient from major recharge features that could send potential contamination—up to a million gallons per day or more by permit—into the primary drinking water source of 1.7M people? Learn more here Read the full article here
Reliant Energy Supports GEAA through Carbon Offset Campaign For a Fifth Year
GEAA is pleased to announce the fifth year of The Reliant EcoShareSM, a way that Texans can support GEAA and offset their own carbon
GEAA Awarded Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities grant!
We just got busier, in a good way, with the announcement that GEAA was awarded $52,650 grant from the Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities
Reliant Energy supports GEAA through Carbon Off-set Program
GEAA is pleased to announce the third year of The Reliant EcoShareSM, a way that Texans can support GEAA and offset their own carbon production
New Drought Restrictions On The Way
Trustees of the San Antonio Water System on Tuesday approved a measure asking the City Council to toughen the city’s drought rules, making restrictions on
WATER Symposium – Sunday, Feb. 14th – Tuesday, Feb. 16th
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
83rd Legislative Session Report
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