by admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Rainwater Harvesting, Texas Water Symposium, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
One San Antonio resident said water builds up seven or eight feet high after heavy rain. Another compared their street to the Amazon River. Dozens shared their flooding experiences last fall with the city’s drainage bond committee, a group appointed by City Council to...
by admin | Apr 26, 2021 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The San Antonio Water System will pay $75,000 to resolve an investigation by a rural groundwater district into discharges of high-priced water down a Northside creek last year. In April 2020, the San Antonio Report published an investigation detailing SAWS’ discharges...
by admin | Jun 22, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
“Because we are using less of the Edwards’ water, that maybe takes some stress off the Edwards. Maybe it drops less quickly,” Gus says. “And maybe we’re a little less likely to hit the trigger. It does help us out in that regard.” That’s...
by admin | Jun 22, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The San Antonio Water System is flushing some of the most expensive water in Texas down a Northside creek as it struggles to finish a connection pipeline that has run nearly $80 million over early cost estimates. Originally set to be finished in mid-April,...
by admin | May 26, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
A crew working on an energy pipeline punctured the Vista Ridge water pipeline in Caldwell County Thursday while digging in the area, said a San Antonio Water System official. The crew members were working on the Permian Highway Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline for...
by admin | Feb 25, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, News, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Planning, Water Resources
San Antonio Water System officials say they are planning on seeking a lower rate increase in 2020 than the nearly 10 percent originally approved by City Council to pay for the Vista Ridge pipeline project, though they have not said how much lower. Gavino Ramos, SAWS’...