by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 10, 2023 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
A groundwater district in Hays County said one Central Texas water provider overpumped nearly 90 million gallons of water in 2022, leading to “by far” the largest penalties for overuse in the district, which manages the Jacob’s Well zone. The Hays Trinity Groundwater...
by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 8, 2023 | News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning
In the 1910s, US cities began enacting policies that would shape neighborhoods and, unintentionally, lay the roots for the severe housing shortage today: single-family zoning laws. Zoning laws, at their most basic, follow a simple concept. In one part of town, only...
by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 8, 2023 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Hill Country Tourism, News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Jacob’s Well, the popular spring-fed swimming hole in Wimberley, has reached zero flow for the sixth time in its recorded history. All six of those times have occurred in the last 23 years — and it’s become more frequent. Earlier this summer, the Hays...
by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 7, 2023 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The impacts of the current long-term drought are far-reaching. Jacob’s Well is closed, San Antonio Water System has stepped up enforcement of water usage and Canyon Lake is nearing an all-time low. These are all bad situations, but it could become even more critical...
by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 4, 2023 | News
It’s not all bad news. There is, at the very least, widespread consensus that Zilker is in dire need of assistance. But what that help looks like—and how much it costs—has become the latest chapter in a long-running and increasingly hostile debate about how much...
by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 4, 2023 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, HCA in the News, Hill Country Tourism, News, Night Skies, Planning and Development
DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) — The Hill Country Alliance, a non-profit focused on conserving and protecting the Texas Hill Country, will host the latest of its Hill Country Eclipse Roundtables on July 25th. The total solar eclipse, happening on April 8th, 2024, is...
