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Bexar County weighs whether to join regional fight over Edwards Aquifer rights

Bexar County weighs whether to join regional fight over Edwards Aquifer rights

by Karen Ford | Aug 29, 2018 | News, Regional Planning, Water Resources

Bexar County could soon join the fray in a legal battle over water rights that highlights the conflict between the fast-growing cities and suburbs around San Antonio and agricultural areas that also depend on the Edwards Aquifer. On Friday, Medina County Judge Chris...
Sand is choking Lake LBJ, but a battle looms over its removal

Sand is choking Lake LBJ, but a battle looms over its removal

by Karen Ford | Aug 29, 2018 | County Authority, Land Stewardship, News, Planning and Development

In early 2017, homeowners in Sandy Harbor, a waterfront community in the Highland Lakes chain where Lake Lyndon B. Johnson meets the mouth of Sandy Creek, called Kevin Collier about a problem: sand. There was so much of it that it was preventing some of them from...
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