This list includes several important press releases and GEAA news features.

2024

Mirasol and UT Press Announcement for May 21, 2024

2023

Comal Reuse Report Press Release Sept 25, 2023

Key update will help San Antonio better track carbon emissions -Express News August 24, 2023 

Boerne City Council Public Hearing Major Thouroughfare Plan Press Release  March 28, 2023

2022

TSS and TCMA letter on Boring Company tunnel proposal for San Antonio — April 18, 2022

2019

GEAA Press Releases
Support Proposition 8 on the ballot New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Texas October 20, 2019

News Articles
SAWS Board to Discuss Sales of Edwards Aquifer Permits to Boerne

2016

GEAA Press Releases
KHCE – GEAA Info Packet – February 3
Coal Tar Ban – June 26
Request for Coverage – Sustainability Plan – August 12
City Council Vote Planning Commission – October 31

2015

GEAA Press Releases

“Ten good reasons to support the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance”
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance publishes ‘Watershed Stewardship for the Edwards Aquifer Region'” January 15
Request of Coverage: Citizens Rally to Support Reauthorization of Props 1 & 2 – January 27
Request of Coverage: Plan to preserve birds and cave critters in Bexar County found lacking – February 2
GEAA Request for Coverage: “SOAH Stands Up for Rancher’s Property Rights (and Property) Trashed by Neighboring Housing Development ” March 9
Request of Coverage: Citizens Groups Concerned about SAWS Proposal to Hike Water Rates – July 14
Request of Coverage: Wells Fargo Awards Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance – July 30

News Articles
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung: “Ranchers Battle Land Seizure” – April 1
Ranchers battle land seizure-NB Herald Zeigtung – August 26

2014

GEAA Press Releases
Request of Coverage: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance supports SAWS staff recommendations for Water Supply Impact Fees – March 25
Give Big SA Story – April 16
Request of Coverage: GEAA Calls for Moratorium on New Development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone – July 9
Request of Coverage: GEAA Calls for Moratorium on New Development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone – July 17
GEAA Promotes Water Quality In Kenya – August 26

News Articles
KSAT12: “Proposed Subdivision in Comal County Countinues to Spark Opposition” July 2
SA Express News: “To Protect Aquifer, Limit SAWS Service Area” July 18

2013

GEAA Press Releases
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Citizens Oppose Wortham Oaks Subdivision on Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone” January 8
Request of Coverage: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Files Complaint with TCEQ About Sewage Infrastructure Installed in Ridge at Lookout Canyon Cave – March 14
GEAA Press Release: “SAWS Board Trustee Requests City to Rescind Approval of Water Service in Comal County” April 29
Request of Coverage: Citizens Request City to Rescind Approval of SAWS Service to Crescent Hills – May 20
Request for Coverage: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Requests SAWS stop service to Comal County – July 2
Request of Coverage: Citizens Oppose SAWS-Val Verde Water Supply Project – November 4
Request of Coverage: TCEQ is Hearing but not Listening on Rules to Protect the Edwards Aquifer – December 3

News Articles
SA Express News: “Protect Quality of Edwards Aquifer Water” April 19
La Voz de Esperanza: “Threatened: World’s Largest Bat Colony Waits for Leaders to Digest the Science” June 22
SA Express News: “Environmental Groups Want SAWS to Deny Service to Subdivision” July 2
Texas Public Radio: “Aquifer Alliance says SAWS has Alternative in Bat Cave Controversy” July 2
Rivard Report: “At Risk: Planet’s Most Extraordinary Bat Colony” July 3
SA Express News: “Protect Bats and the Aquifer” July 5
2013 Media List

2012

GEAA Press Releases
Town hall meeting in Castroville to Discuss Preserving Medina River – February 9
Rivard Report: “Upstream Without a Paddle: Seeking Protection for Edwards Aquifer” June 14
Aquifer Alliance Applauds, Deplores Proposed Edwards Aquifer Authority Rules – June 22
Request of Coverage: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance and Texas State University students partner to map Sewage Leaks on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone – August
Request of Coverage: Century Oaks Developers, City, SAWS Put on Notice of Intent to Sue for Failure to Comply with Federal Law – November 7
Request for Coverage: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance and Texas State University students partner to map Sewage Leaks on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone – November 9
Request of Coverage: Century Oaks Residents Fear Increased Traffic from Proposed New Schools and Subdivision is a Recipe for Disaster – December 14

News Articles
Texas Public Radio: “Homeowners and Conservationists File Notice of Intent to Sue City, SAWS, Developer” November 9
SA Express News: “Students Map Spills over Recharge Zone November 26

2011

GEAA Press Releases
GEAA Press Release: “Local Environmental Groups Laud Resolution Adopted by SAWS” February 1
Request of Coverage: Texas Senate Vote on Bill Let Developers Clearcut Trees – April 7
GEAA Press Release: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Supports Fees to Maintain Springflow and Protect Water Quality” August 4
GEAA Press Release: “Comments Re: Regional Transportation Plan” November 17
GEAA Press Release: “Report Documents Growing Threats to the Edwards Aquifer from State-Approved Wastewater Irrigation Facilities” November 21

News Articles
Article About GEAA: “At TCEQ, It’s Full Steam Ahead” by Scott Stroud – January 29
Article About GEAA: Gene Powell is out on a Limb – May 6
Article About GEAA: Scenic Loop – Boerne Stage Alliance – May 19
Article About GEAA: “Mellon Foundation Helps Fund Urban Studies Summer Internships” by Donna Parker – July 28
Article About GEAA: Time for Outfitters to Show Some Appreciation for Rivers – September 23, 2011
Article About GEAA: “Alliances urged to fill region’s water needs” by Tracy Idell Hamilton -November 3
Article About GEAA: “Study Finds Lightly Regulated Wastewater Plants Polluting Edwards Aquifer” by Marty Toohey – November 21
Article about GEAA: Inconsistent Effluent Standards Endanger Aquifer – November 21

2010

GEAA Press Releases
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Neighbors Object to Rock Crushing Operation by Owner of Helotes Mulch Fire Site” January 5
SGVA Request for Coverage: “Settlement agreement has been finalized” February 19
Request of Coverage: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance to host Save the Heart of Texas! March 3
Request of Coverage: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Challenges
San Antonians to Know Your BMP’s – March 8
Request of Coverage: Armendariz Reception – April 9
GEAA Press Release: “Re: Change in rate structure proposed by SAWS” June 10
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Town Hall Meeting for TCEQ Sunset Review” September 23
Request of Coverage: City Council Approved Acquisition of Land for Leon Creek Greenbelt – October 17
Request of Coverage: State Representative Mike Villarreal Urges City Council to Postpone PGA Village Development Agreement – October 25
Request of Coverage: Texans Rate State Environmental Agency – November 2
Press Conference: Town Hall Meeting TCEQ Sunset Review – November 2
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Town Hall Meeting for TCEQ Sunset Review” November 8
Request of Coverage: Hearing on Rules to Protect the Edwards Aquifer – November 18

News Articles
KHCE: San Antonio Community Educational Television, Inc. – February 2
Article About GEAA: “North-South Antagonisms Needled by Tree Ordinance” by Greg Harman – April 27
Article About GEAA: SAWS actions not in Edwards interest – September 22
Article About GEAA: “Groups Seek Input on TCEQ for Sunset Review” by Eileen Pace – November 5

2009

GEAA Press Releases

GEAA Request for Coverage: Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance asks Legislature to Take Action to Protect Water and the Texas Hill Country –  January 14

GEAA Request for Coverage: “Rep. Leibowitz Files Bill to Prohibit Discharge of Treated Sewage Effluent into Edwards Aquifer Waterways” January 16
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Educates South San ISD Honor Students at Government Canyon State Natural Area” February 9
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Regulators, Engineers, and Environmentalists Co-Sponsor Workshop on Low Impact Development” February 13
GEAA Request for Coverage: “How to make a brown lawn more attractive” June 20
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Calls for Moratorium on Development within the Camp Bullis Buffer Zone” July 1
GEAA Request for Coverage: “City Council to Consider Controversial Steubing Ranch Rezoning” September 30
Farm Range Forum #1 – November 19
Request for Coverage: City To Vote On Proposed Intense Commercial For A “Most Permeable” Property In The Recharge Zone – December 6

News Articles
Article About GEAA: “Great Cities Dialogue: Public Policy and San Antonio’s Urban Landscape: Sustaining our Natural Heritage” – April 8
KHCE: San Antonio Community Educational Television, Inc. – July 7
Article About GEAA: “Adversaries working together What a concept! – San Antonio Express” by Scott Stroud – October 21
Article About GEAA: Adversaries Working Together – October 21
Article About GEAA: “MLPS Buoy awards make ‘big splash’ in Lakehills” by Carol Smith – November 26
Article About GEAA: Northwest Vista College Students Will Present Commercials Made for GEAA” by Helotes Herald Staff – November 21
Article About GEAA: Mussels may be Endangered – December 16

2008

GEAA Press Releases
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance asks Legislature to Take Action to Protect Water and the Texas Hill Country” January 14
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Proposed Flood Control Dam Threatens Historic Maverick Ranch” February 11
AGUA Alert: “Ask SAWS Board to Withdraw Applications to Expand Service (CCN) Into NW Bexar County” February 14
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Rock Quarry Opponents Plan Thursday Rally” April 3
GEAA Press Release: “Local Group – 800 strong – Joins Forces with Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance to Save Neighborhood from New Quarry” April 3
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Keynote speaker Dr. Al Armendariz, EPA Administrator, Region 6” April 8
GEAA Request for Coverge: “City Council To Consider Denial of Water Service to Hills of Castle Rock Subdivision” April 15
Request for Coverage: “Hill Country Planning Association and Other Neighbors of Camp Bullis Unite With Army to Request Same Actions within Buffer Zone” – June 23
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Aquifer Groups Host US Fish and Wildlife Town Hall Meeting on Critical Habitat for Devils River Minnows” September 17
Program for Kinney Town Hall Meeting: Critical Habitat for Devils River Minnow – September 22
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Educates South San ISD Honor Students at Government Canyon State Natural Area” November 14
Army Comments Tract – December 11

News Articles
Article About GEAA: Aquifer Alliance Helps Varied Groups Learn Intricacies of Advocacy
Article About GEAA: “Hill Country Sisters Determined to Keep Sanctuary Undisturbed” by Carlos Guerra – February 11
LA Times: “How to Get Wall Street to Hug a Tree” February 11
Report: The Boerne Star and the Maverick Ranch Preservation – February 12
Article About GEAA: Get to Know Your Water Future at the Leon Springs Business Association – February 14
Article About GEAA: “New Braunfels Residents Oganize Against Quarry” by Roger Croteau – March 3
Article About GEAA: “We’ll Hear More and More of Governments’ Power to Take Land” by Carlos Guerra – March 18
Article About GEAA: “Are SAWS’ Development Policies Riding on a Wave of Change?” by Carlos Guerra – March 26
Article About GEAA: “SGVA asks county to join fight against SAWS expansion” by William Hoover – March 27
Article About GEAA: Learning about the Loop – April 3
Fort Worth Weekly: “Water Foul” April 8
Article About GEAA: “Hope for springs may not be eternal” by Anton Caputo – April 13
Article About GEAA: SOS director says Litigation a Last Resort – April 20
Article About GEAA: Stewardship Earth 2008 – April 20
Article About GEAA: “Earth Day Spotlights Planet’s Preservation” by Anton Caputo – June 8
SA Current: “Hill Country Militia” May 1
NY Times: “Water-Starved California Slows Development” June 7
Article About GEAA: “15 Hill Country Counties Unite” by Zeke McCormack – June 8
Article About GEAA: Work Near Bullis Resumes After Feds Leave” by Sig Christenson – June 19
The Austin Chronicle: “The Grassroots Homesteaders Tighten Ranks to Fight Urban Encroachment” June 27 
KHCE: San Antonio Community Educational Television, Inc. – October 7

2007

GEAA Press Releases
GEAA Press Release: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance and AGUA file brief in support of COSA” January 9
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance Calls on the Legislature to ‘Give Us Local Control‘” January 11
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Rally at Helotes City Hall Citizens Call on SAWS to Protect Their Health and Safety” March 12
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Keynote speaker Dr. Al Armendariz, EPA Administrator, Region 6” April 8
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Angry Citizens To Be Heard at SAWS Board Meeting” April 3
SGVA Request for Coverage: “New Development Threatens Swimming Hole & Edwards Aquifer” August 27
GEAA Request for Coverage: “SAWS Takes Up Proposal to Serve
Request for Coverage: “AGUA and GEAA Call on City of San Antonio and VIA to Halt Plans for Park & Ride that Threatens the Edwards Aquifer” November 29
Request for Coverage: SAWS Takes Up Proposal to Serve Irresponsible Development In the Hill Country – November 30
AGUA Alert: “City to Vote on Proposed Intense Commercial for a ‘Most Permeable’ Property in the Recharge Zone” December 6

News Articles
Article About GEAA: Quality is Never an Accident
Helotes Heritage Association: “Helotes Citizens Rally to Protest Inaction in Putting out Mulch Fire” January 7
Article About GEAA: Environmental Group Lays Out Legislative Agenda – January 11
Article About GEAA: “Will Legislature Finally Feel Heat on Edwards Aquifer Pollution?” by Carlos Guerra – February 6
Article About GEAA: “Your Turn; Focus: Development” – March 1
Article About GEAA: “Coalition urges SAWS board to reject sewage plan” by Jerry Needham – April 4
Article About GEAA: “Aquifer Board Turns Back Storage Tank” by Jerry Needham – May 9
Article About GEAA: “Army Rears More Development at The Rim” by Jerry Needham – June 21
Article About GEAA: “Report from 1995 told what city must do to protect Camp Bullis” by Carlos Guerra – June 23
Article About GEAA: “Around the Town; We go from online basketball auction to Ming the Merciless” by Edmund Tijerina – June 26
Article About GEAA: “Still some time for decisive action for controls near Camp Bullis” by Carlos Guerra – June 26
Article About GEAA: “TxDOT says 1604 is Ready for Toll Lanes” by Patrick Driscoll – June 26
Article About GEAA: “Your Turn; Focus: The Alamo City” – June 28
Article About GEAA: “The Rim deal clinched” by Guillermo X. Garcia – June 29
Article About GEAA: “Kyle Seale land OK’d for rezoning” by Amanda Reimherr” by Amanda Reimherr – July 9
Catholic News Service: “For Pope Benedict, it’s elemental: Safe water is of grave importance” September 7
Article About GEAA: “Finally, Proposals on Aquifer’s Water Quality, but Disaster Lurks” by Carlos Guerra STAFF – October 9
Article About GEAA: “New Aquifer Rules Could Prove Costly” by Jerry Needham – October 15
Article About GEAA: “State Holding Hearing on Aquifer Rules” by Jerry Needham – October 18
NY Times: “The Future is Drying Up” October 21
Article About GEAA: “Edwards fees may rise” by Jerry Needham – November 23
Bandera Bulletin: “It’s Not Easy Being Green” November 27
NY Times: “From Sewage Added Water for Drinking” November 27
Artile About GEAA: “Continued Construction Near Camp Bullis Builds Concern” – November 28
Article About GEAA: “New Park-and-Ride Facility Could Send Pollutants Into Aquifer” by Carlos Guerra STAFF – November 29
Article About GEAA: “SAWS rebuffs developer” – December 5

2006

GEAA Press Releases
GEAA Press Release: Polluters Foul Texas Waters – March 23

News Articles
Teed Off Over the Aquifer 2
SA Express News: “Science Goes Underground” April 2
Austin American Statesmen: “Development in Hill Country is Accelerating” December 17

2005

GEAA Press Releases
GEAA Request for Coverage: “Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance to host Save the Heart of Texas” March 3
GEAA Press Release: “Edwards Aquifer Advocates from Across the Hill Country Deliver ‘Greetings from the Heart of Texas’ to Legislators” – May 3
GEAA Press Release: “Injunction Filed to Stop Construction of US 281 Freeway Toll Road” December 21

News Articles
Article About GEAA: “Texas Parks in Harm’s Way” by Daniel Mottola – March 3
SA Express News: “Propositions 1 and 2: Aquifer and Park Taxes Are Approved” May 8
Article About GEAA: Conservationists decry House bill that would aid landowners” by Anton Caputo – Novemver 28

2004

GEAA Press Releases
Request for Coverage: Save-the-heart-of-Texas – March 3
GEAA Press Release: “We put the Edwards Aquifer on the map” June 8

News Articles
Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5277: Conceptualization and Simulation of the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio Region, Texas

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