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Celebrate with GEAA!
Saturday, May 22, 2010 Steak Dinner and Drinks for Two – Open Bar Vegetarian option available Silent auction featuring a large selection of the best the Hill Country has to offer Raffle with 52 chances at 2 tickets to anywhere on Southwest Airlines and a set of new tires from Discount Tires (must be present to win) The Historic White Ranch Lodge Rancho Blanco 18744 Bandera Road Helotes, TX 78023 4:00 – 10:00 pm – Steak dinner served at 7:00 pm $125 per ticket for members; $150 per ticket for non-members *One ticket entitles two people to attend Buy tickets online,
Join us April 9th! Reception Featuring Keynote Speaker Al Armendariz
Friday, April 9, 2010 5:30 – 7:30 pm 6:30 pm – Keynote Address Blue Star Contemporary Art Center 116 Blue Star San Antonio, TX 78204 Libations and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Business attire For more information, contact: Elena Serna 210-320-1457 Elena@AquiferAlliance.org
Interested in GEAA’s BMP White Paper?
GEAA celebrates National Groundwater Awareness Week with release of an investigation on aquifer protection basins, commonly called BMPs. BMP stands for “Best Management Practice”. These BMPs are permanent structures required by State law to mitigate pollution from high density development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone. BMPs come in many shapes and sizes, and are site specific in design. Most commonly in San Antonio, a BMP is a concrete lined ditch filled with sand, which is meant to filter out some pollutants from the first flush of rain water. They can be found behind many of the businesses and homes located
Join GEAA for breakfast! Saturday, March 13
Long-time GEAA supporters Fred and Carol Fisher are hosting a fundraiser breakfast for us next Saturday, March 13th – featuring eggs from their backyard henhouse and Carlos Guerra’s famous cinnamon buns while supplies last. Feel free to stop by 334 Shannon Lee here in San Antonio anytime between 9:00 and 10:30 am to break bread (homemade, of course) with us and put some money in the kitty for GEAA while you’re there. Contributions based on your ability to pay will all go towards GEAA’s work of protecting our water. Please help us make this event a success – Spread the word
Join Us Feb. 26th! Reception Featuring Keynote Speaker Al Armendariz
Friday, February 26, 2010 5:30 – 7:30 pm Blue Star Contemporary Art Center 116 Blue Star San Antonio, TX 78204 Libations and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Business attire For more information, contact: Elena Serna 210-320-1457 Elena@AquiferAlliance.org
January Conference: Pumping Limits for Texas Aquifers: Desired Future Conditions Process
The Texas A&M Graduate Water Program, Texas Agrilife Extension, and the Texas Water Development Board have planned a conference addressing pumping limits for Texas’ aquifers and the desired future condition process. The upcoming conference is scheduled for January 20-21, 2010, and will be held at the Thompson Conference Center on the UT Austin campus. The slate of speakers represents some of the most important players in groundwater management in Texas and the various presentations are sure to address many of the most challenging issues currently facing groundwater managers in Texas. This process will also directly impact Texas landowners. Read on for
GEAA Benefactor dies at age 68
Price, 68, was a lifelong philanthropist Wayne Hollomon Price, who helped fund foundations and charitable organizations that supported environmental awareness and preservation, died May 19th.
House Action Takes Away Your Rights to Protect Against Pollution
Watch this video clip to learn about actions in the State Legislature that will take away your right to protect your property from pollution. Representative
State Representatives Discuss Ramifications of Chisum Amendment
Watch this video clip of State Representatives Anchia and Solomons discussing the ramifications to all Texans of the Chisum amendment (Amendment #40) to the TCEQ
Chisum Amendment to TCEQ Bill Passes – see how your rep voted
Citizens across Texas suffered a significant loss of their rights protect private property and water resources when the State House of Representatives voted last night
GEAA opposes Chisum Amendment
A very serious threat to our ability to control pollution here in Texas is coming up in the House of Representatives today (Tuesday, April 19th).
Join Us in Making 2011 A Great Year for the Aquifer!
You are cordially invited to celebrate the 6th Birthday of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance at a Cocktail Fundraiser at Willow Way January 28th, 2011