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Yea! San Antonio City Council votes FOR the aquifer!
Dear GEAA members and friends, Yesterday Mayor Jones and the San Antonio City Council unanimously voted to deny the creation of a Municipal Utility District for Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch development. Big shout out to our partners, Scenic Loop Helotes Creek Alliance, who did an amazing job of presenting our case. Honestly, I have never seen an instance where the Edwards Aquifer got so much love in one place. Many thanks to our partners, experts, and elected officials who have joined us in opposing this wildly inappropriate Lennar development. And, to all of you who continue to support our efforts! You can watch the council meeting here. I would urge

‘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
San Antonio area residents: Get involved in the North Sector Plan!
We all owe a large debt of gratitude to Hill Country Planning Association members Charlotte Kahl, Bebe Fenstermaker, Mary Fenstermaker, Susan Beavin, Kathy Murray, Kathy
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
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
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
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
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