by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, News, Riparian Management, Water Resources
From April through October, I swim in the Blanco. It is one of the greatest pleasures I know. It’s a pleasure I share with growing crowds of both locals and visitors who converge on the river’s cypress-lined banks at places like Blanco State Park in Blanco; Blue Hole...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Groundwater Resources, News, Water Resources
Jacob’s Well is more than just a swimming hole. It’s also a message bearer: It lets people know how much groundwater is in the aquifer beneath them. And this year — for the fourth time in its recorded history — the water at Jacob’s Well stopped flowing for a couple...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | Community, Economics of Sound Planning, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The Hays County Commissioners Court approved an interlocal agreement and memorandum of understanding with the City of San Marcos regarding the Cape’s Dam Complex. The approved MOU provides a framework for collaboration and cost-sharing in regard to the proposed...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | Community, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Up until a few years ago, Austinites didn’t much worry about poisonous blue-green algae sickening them and killing their dogs. Then in 2018, flooding upstream of Austin sent massive amounts of runoff down the Colorado River and into area lakes. That runoff contained...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, Water Planning, Water Resources
The National Weather Service reports all of Bexar and surrounding counties and the Hill Country are no longer in drought conditions as of the end of May. Forecasters said drought conditions started spreading west to east into Bexar County in October of last year. Read...
by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | Economics of Sound Planning, Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The impact of the election May 1 on Blanco citizens and their Wimberley Valley neighbors downstream along the Blanco River was immediately apparent at the city’s May 11 council meeting under new mayor Rachel Lumpee, joined by new council member Connie Barron. A...
