BY AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
seen at Jacob’s Well,” the email from Aqua Texas states. To enforce drought restrictions put in place by the district, Aqua Texas has installed flow restrictors on the water meters of homes that do not comply, resulting in an average of Wimberley Valley customers using less than half as much water per month compared to homes in other parts of Texas, the email states. “Our customers represent 13% of the pop- ulation that lives within the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District and water is only pumped in response to their consumption needs,” the email states. One more thing The case will remain in federal court, pending further action on Aqua Texas' equal protection claims, and the claim that their groundwater property was illegally taken by the district's denial of their permits, the news release states.
owners and users of Texas—and we have put together a team that can bring these arguments home in federal court," Blackburn states in the news release. What Aqua Texas is saying In a statement from Aqua Texas to Community Impact , the utility company states that it com- pleted the replacement of 5,000 feet of aging water mains in the beginning of September—the first of several phases totaling 25,000 feet. The upgrades will also include construction of a new $25 million water treatment and reuse plant with the establishment of new groundwater wells that will reduce pumping in the Jacob’s Well Groundwater Management Zone. “Unfortunately, our efforts to pump farther away from Jacob’s Well have been purposefully blocked by the same local regulators publicly expressing concern about the natural spring’s water levels. Additionally, some of the mech- anisms needed to pay for these upgrades face opposition from the same groups blaming our operations for perennial drought conditions
Cypress Creek in Wimberley is fed by water from the Trinity Aquifer.
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