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New GEAA Member Group Comfort Neighbors, holdong second Town Hall meeting on Saturday, January 25th, 2025 at 2pm to organize opposition to Lennar’s Comfort 590 development.
The meeting will take place at the The Lobby Coffee Shop 523 Seveth St. Comfort, TX. If you are unable to attend but would like to help, click here and fill out the contact form indicating the area you would like to participate. More at comfortneigbors.com the event is under the call to action tab in the calendar.
Scenic Loop Helotes Creek Alliance holding a meeting and Million Gallon March to demonstrate oppostition to Lennar’s Guajolote development in Grey Forest. SATURDAY FEB. 1st 2025!!!
On Saturday, February 1st the Scenic Loop Helotes Creek Alliance is holding a meeting and Million Gallon march to demonstrate opposition to Lennar’s Guajolote development in Grey Forest. The march is meant to demonstrate the million gallons per day of sewage effluent that will flow into Helotes Creek if the Guajolote waste water permit is approved. Bring your gallon jug and join in the fun. GEAA has no problem with most of Lennar’s developments slated for the San Antonio area. We only ask that Lennar leadership respect the discrepancies in what constitutes good sites for their projects and refrain from proceeding with projects that
Lennar’s development plans in the Hill Country put Edwards Aquifer at risk.
Jan. 1, 2025 Express News Op Ed by Annalisa Peace. Developer’s plans for the Guajolote Ranch have the potential to pollute San Antonio’s water supplies by discharging sewage effluent into Helotes Creek. https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/lennar-edwards-aquifer-pollution-20001088.php
Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance 2025 Legislative Agenda Released
By: Joseph DeCarlo News4SA Nov. 20, 2024 https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/edwards-aquifer-2025-legislative-agenda-released?fbclid=IwY2xjawGtwqFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfKY-eO2ga0uxru8W6orK9iTXaw3CRD9otycbU7F3ARtu9SO4oliVPOqow_aem_InAxcaRonIm1FzdqOKRt_A GEAA’s policy director, Rachel Hanes discussed the release of our new 2025 Legislative Agenda in this News4SA video here. She stated “Last year was a really good year. We had the creation of the Texas Water Fund and voters across the state overwhelmingly approved that.” As explained in the video here, Rachel emphasized that the main threat to the Edwards Aquifer isn’t just the drought, but how quickly the population is growing. “Growth is expanding so quickly. And, of course, for every person who moves in, they’re not bringing their own water supply
Feds grant $1.9M in funding toward land protections for properties near Camp Bullis
San Antonio Report by Lindsey Carnett Nov. 2, 2024 As noted in the SA Report article here, property owners within the Camp Bullis “sentinel landscape” area have an exciting new funding opportunity. Since the only other place local landowners can currently receive funding to get a conservation easement comes from the city’s extremely limited Edwards Aquifer Protection Plan, GEAA is particularly happy about this grant! Details and the link for applications are available here: https://campbullisrcpp.nri.tamu.edu
Save the Pedernales River and Hamilton Pool!
Join the effort to ensure a billionaire’s private resort does not drain water from our public parks. We are urging everyone to learn about the plans for the luxury resort and exclusive subdivision-Mirasol Springs that promises “green” ecological features, however, the project includes a permit to pump up to 96,000 gallons per day out of the Pedernales River. During periods of peak pumping, the river’s level could drop by as much as four feet, reducing the swimming beaches at local parks to puddles between gravel bars. Also gravely affected would be Hamilton Pool, without spring flow, Hamilton Pool would no longer
State regulators see no grounds to block developer’s plan for Boerne area wastewater treatment plant. NOTE: TCEQ staffers said they will go over the information presented at the hearing and send out a response to comments.
SA EXPRESS NEWS NEWS//TEXAS HILL COUNTRY Elena Bruess, May 10, 2023 https://www.expressnews.com/hill-country/article/guajolote-ranch-wasetwater-treatment-plant-tceq-18081432.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZXhwcmVzc25ld3MuY29tL2hpbGwtY291bnRyeS9hcnRpY2xlL2d1YWpvbG90ZS1yYW5jaC13YXNldHdhdGVyLXRyZWF0bWVudC1wbGFudC10Y2VxLTE4MDgxNDMyLnBocA==&time=MTY4Mzc1NjY3OTU5Mw==&rid=NGRhMDUzZjgtNTAwNS00YTQ3LWE2YTgtYTkyYjljNzczMWYx&sharecount=MQ==
This could ruin our health’: Housing developer’s proposal to pump wastewater into Helotes Creek met with opposition.
by KENS5 Author: Hannah Tiede Published: 1:35 AM CDT May 10, 2023 Updated: 1:37 AM CDT May 10, 2023 Lennar Homes is looking to build nearly 3,000 homes
Hundreds of neighbors protest plans to build wastewater plant
by CHELSEA TORRES and FERNANDO FLORES | WOAI WOAI News 4 San Antonio Tue, May 9th 2023, 10:20 PM CDT https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/hundreds-of-neighbors-question-tceq-and-home-developer-about-wastewater-permit
Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance works to protect water quality as development booms in NW Bexar County
Municipal Operations LLC requesting permission to dump wastewater into Helotes Creek 5-10-2023 KSAT 12 Story coverage: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/05/11/greater-edwards-aquifer-alliance-works-to-protect-water-quality-as-development-booms-in-nw-bexar-county/
May 9th Guajolote Ranch Public Meeting with TCEQ Re: Lennar Homes wastewater permit. A request that could result in one million gallons per day of treated wastewater making it’s way into the Edwards Aquifer.
In a recent press conference, residents of San Antonio, Grey Forest, and Helotes came together with GEAA’s Technical Director, Nathan Glavy, to discuss preparations for
May 9th Public Meeting re: TPDES Permit for Municipal Wastewater for the proposed Guajolote Ranch project.
A public meeting will take place May 9th at 7pm regarding the application and preliminary decision for the TPDES permit (permit no. WQ0016171001) for Municipal