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Steve Box to discuss water issues Thursday in Bastrop
Dec 10th
Here is a quick final reminder of the meeting tomorrow, Thursday the 11th, at Argent Court Assisted Living, 508 Old Austin Highway, behind the HEB. We’ll start at 7 PM, as noted in the reminder I sent Monday.
Following that, take a look at the minutes from the last meeting attached to this message. We will vote to accept or amend them Thursday.
Next, a message from Steve Box about local/regional water issues. Very important! Please consider following the links and writing/calling the appropriate folks to let them know your take on the situation.
We will likely have an issues committee next year that will focus on this sort of thing, and other local, state, and national issues. They may prepare regular updates on a variety of topics. I can’t repeatedly feature one issue over another, so please sign up for these updates from Environmental Stewardship yourself. As I looked below I see I didn’t forward this in time…..the meeting we were to target happened on the 9th. I’m sure it will still help to contact them, however. Nothing is settled in a single meeting (unless it is something being railroaded through at the last minute by our fearless “leader” Geo W. Bush).
Bastrop water crisis
Dec 10th
Water Marketer Threatens Ecology of Region
Blue Water Hearing on December 9, 2008
A company that buys and sells groundwater, Blue Water Systems, is attempting to take the water that supports our quality of life in the Lost Pines region and ship it off to our western neighbors without regard to the damage that might result in Bastrop, Lee, and other counties. On December 9, Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District (GCD), the District that is responsible for groundwater in Milam and Burleson counties, will consider Blue Water’s request to pump and transport up to 71,000 acre-feet of water per year … a volume that is so large it impacts the counties in our district. Environmental Stewardship has investigated this request and opposes the application. Click here for the full story.
At issue is whether the Post Oak Savannah GCD will side with Blue Water and allow irreparable harm to the ecology of our counties or will they uphold the duty granted them by the Texas Constitution and Texas Water Code … “to conserve, preserve, protect and recharge the groundwater resources.”
Post Oak Savannah GCD has not met the criteria established in the Texas Water Code that would allow it to authorize such a permit. As one of five districts responsible for protecting groundwater in our region, it has not adequately considered the impact that authorizing such a permit would have both within its own district, and on the surrounding area, including Bastrop and Lee counties. Click here for full text of our letter to Post Oak Savannah GCD.
Make your view known by calling or writing Post Oak Savannah GCD’s Board of Directors at 512-455-9900, 800-231-8196, fax 512-455-9909, posgcd@tconline.net before 5:30 on December 9, 2008. Click here for hearing notice. Click her for SAMPLE LETTER.
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