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Celebrate with GEAA!

April 14, 2010

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

March 22, 2010

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?

March 10, 2010

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

March 3, 2010

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

February 2, 2010

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

January 7, 2010

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’s Technical Director Nathan Glavy offers Gillespie County community members information about the pending Villages at Grape Creek TCEQ wastewater permit and what the local public can do to get engaged in the process.

June 5, 2024

The locals in this area are facing upcoming TCEQ wastewater permits, with a public meeting occurring on June 13 for the Villages at Grape Creek

Report: New law puts Edwards, Trinity aquifers at greater risk

June 3, 2024

San Antonio Report by Lindsey Carnett May 31, 2024 Thanks to the San Antonio Report for this article regarding the new exemption law now in

Simply not enough water’ | Rally held to protest resort development near Hamilton Pool

May 23, 2024

KVUE May 21, 2024Groups opposing the plan say there isn’t enough water to support the development. “They’re asking for more than twice as much water

Hill Country water quality: Challenges and Solutions

May 3, 2024

Texas Public Radio| By Texas Water Symposium On April 11, the Hill Country Alliance and Schreiner University hosted their annual Texas Water Symposium on these

The EPA just provided Guajolote Ranch opponents a boost.

April 23, 2024

San Antonio Express News/Steve Lee April 23,2024On April 10, the EPA issued its first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standards to protect against harmful perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl

State OKs plan for controversial quarry expansion near Garden Ridge-The land is in the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone, where water enters the groundwater system that San Antonio relies on.

April 2, 2024

San Antonio Express News by LIz Teitz | March 28, 2024 https://www.expressnews.com/hill-country/article/servtex-quarry-garden-ridge-edwards-aquifer-19372192.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZXhwcmVzc25ld3MuY29tL2hpbGwtY291bnRyeS9hcnRpY2xlL3NlcnZ0ZXgtcXVhcnJ5LWdhcmRlbi1yaWRnZS1lZHdhcmRzLWFxdWlmZXItMTkzNzIxOTIucGhw&time=MTcxMjA4MDYyOTA3Mg%3D%3D&rid=NDBjZjg0OTUtZjE0OS00M2ZiLWEzM2ItZjc5YWJjYWE5Zjg1&sharecount=NQ%3D%3D