2021 ·
Flow and Groundwater Levels, Legal/Policy
Robert Mace, Ph.D., Meadows Center for Water and The Environment
Despite the hopes and desires of scientists, engineers, and planners, the projected future of groundwater production in Texas is unsustainable. About 95 percent of locally-expressed desired future conditions are based on water-level declines, groundwater is currently being produced at 1.8 times the maximum sustainable amount,... View
2021 ·
Groundwater Management, Legal/Policy
Environmental Defense Fund and Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts
The Hays Trinity GCD has relied on sound science and stakeholder input to develop policy and management tools to protect the unique groundwater resources within its jurisdiction. This benefits all landowners and groundwater users within the district. The Hays Trinity GCD Board has recognized, however,... View
2021 ·
One Water, Wastewater
Sarah B. Faust, Faust Law PLLC | Katherine Romans, Hill Country Alliance | Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation
This guidebook is intended to connect Hill Country communities facing growth and increased demands for water with water professionals experienced with One Water strategies, planning, implementation, design and construction. We interviewed engineers, architects, planners and landscape designers to gain insight into the realities of One... View
2021 ·
Species and Habitat
Randy Gibson, Benjamin T. Hutchins, Jean K. Krejca, Peter H. Diaz, and Peter S. Sprouse, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University; Zara Environmental, LLC
A new stygobitic groundwater amphipod species, Stygobromus bakeri sp. nov., is described from 4 central Texas limestone karst springs; John Knox Spring (Comal County), Jacob’s Well (Hays County), Mormon Spring (Travis County) and Salado Springs (Bell County). This species belongs to the predominately western Nearctic... View
2020 ·
Wastewater, Water Quality
Dr. Ryan S. King and Dr. Jeffrey A. Back, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX
The investigators were charged with completing a comprehensive biological assessment of four (4) Hill Country streams that were subject to permit applications for wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent discharges. The four streams included Onion Creek, Blanco River, Honey Creek, and Barton Creek. Sampling occurred during... View
2020 ·
One Water, Wastewater
A report, dated January 2, 2020, titled “City of Blanco, Preliminary Investigations and Report,
Wastewater Collection System Improvements for Proposed Service Area” was submitted by Smith Turrieta Engineering. Protect Our Blanco (POB) requested a review of that report and an analysis of the facilities that would...
2020 ·
Flow and Groundwater Levels, Groundwater Management, Legal/Policy, One Water, Wastewater, Water Quality
Jennifer Walker, Myron Hess, Carrie Thompson, Sarah Diringer, Texas Living Waters Collaboration
The One Water approach offers tremendous opportunities for improving how water is managed within communities. Using water efficiently and taking advantage of diverse, locally available water supplies are important goals. It is also important that the approach support communities in assessing how their water use... View
2020 ·
Flow and Groundwater Levels, Groundwater Management, Water Quality
Hunt, B.B., Cockrell, L.P., Gary, R.H., Vay, J.M., Kennedy, V., Smith, B.A., and Camp, J.P., Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District and Travis County
This study presents a compilation of existing and new hydrogeologic data in the form of a hydrogeologic atlas with accompanying digital datasets intended to improve the collective understanding of groundwater resources in Southwest Travis County (SWTC). The study was a collaboration between the Barton Springs/... View