High and Dry

LCRA Approves Controversial Pipeline to Dripping Springs

"...protection plan to accompany its water pipeline to Dripping Springs. But LCRA officials and the authority's board offered a..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...the universe the day they learned that the Dripping Springs City Council had brokered a secret deal with Cypress..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

New Schools Across the District

The locations and controversies for the proposed new schools

"...Land Corp. has donated land (on the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone) along the future extension of LaCrosse Avenue...."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature

Circle C Subsidies

"...the citizens of Austin have demanded protection for the Barton Springs Contributing Zone. For just as many decades, politicians..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Naked City

"...a plan intended to cover all jurisdictions within the Barton Springs Contributing Zone of the Edwards Aquifer – only..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the city for allegedly endangering salamanders during cleaning at Barton Springs pool...."

April 10, 1998 News Feature

The Road to Ruin

US290: We Built It, and Dammit, They're Coming

"...completed US290/Loop 360 freeway interchange straddles a hill overlooking Barton Creek just three miles upstream from Barton Springs. Within..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

Bradley U?

ACC Considers Circle C Campus Site

"...Southwest Parkway either within or near FM Properties' proposed Barton Creek PUD. Both Circle C and the Southwest Parkway..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Then There's This: Aquifer Angst

Will the city poop out on its fight to block a wastewater permit?

"...block a request to irrigate treated sewage in the recharge zone of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer...."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

You Don't Need Money, Just a Little Bit a Month...

1996 AISD Bond Election

"...1988 on 64 environmentally sensitive acres, right in the recharge zone of the Barton Springs section of Edwards Aquifer...."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Taming the 12-Lane Monster

Task Force Finalizing Plan to Limit Environmental Damage From Aquifer Freeway

"...Can Barton Springs and the community of Oak Hill survive the..."

Dec. 13, 1996 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Mr. Douglas Watkins' letter stating that all recharge from Williamson Creek discharges to Cold Springs is wrong..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column

Either Lacks the Knowledge Or ...

"...Dear Editor, Mr. Douglas Watkins' letter stating that all recharge from Williamson Creek discharges to Cold Springs is wrong..."

Jan. 23, 2006 Postmarks

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...Staci bought a 10.8-acre plot just outside of Dripping Springs, in a development protected by residential-only deed restrictions. Their..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

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Our readers talk back.

"...Dec. 23] you say, "the Edwards Aquifer, which feeds Barton Springs ... contributes about 1% of the city's drinking..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column

There's Something About Mary

Mary arnold gets down to brass tacks on bradley deal

"...things. Currently the vice chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance (SOSA) board of directors, Arnold has served on..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Arch-Subversive

"...been noodling around with a proposal to list the Barton Springs Salamander as an endangered species. Earlier this year,..."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Then There's This: Urban (Watershed) Legend

In reversal, city says new development must comply with SOS

"...Good news for Barton Springs. Yes, once in a while good news bubbles..."

March 14, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Save as We Pave?

The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County

"...drinking water, and nearly all of San Antonio's. Aquifer recharge, contributing, and artesian zones run right through Travis Co...."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

More Aquifer Discussion

"...Jan. 24], “My letter does not state that all recharge from Williamson Creek discharges to Cold Springs.” However, his..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Postmarks

'Endangered Aquifer'

"...The Barton Springs watershed, also referred to as the Barton Springs..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature

Naked City

Hays County development continues apace, squeezing out rural residents and exacerbating water-use problems.

"...Marcos, and Wimberley. And though much of the Dripping Springs area on the west, and land surrounding Buda and..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Preserving What's Left

A 2,400-acre spot south of Buda could be the latest conservation easement purchased to maintain the health of the Edwards Aquifer

"...conservation easement purchased to maintain the health of the Barton Springs Zone of the Edwards Aquifer. The proposition was..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

TDH: 8/15/11

Council acquiring open space, moving dirt on Waller Creek Tunnel

"...a purchase of 611 acres of land over the Barton Springs and Edwards Aquifer recharge zone. The $11.8 million..."

Aug. 15, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Rick Green and Ken Armbrister push a flurry of bills creating special water and development districts -- including the reviled, though much-revised, "Bradley bill" -- through their respective chambers at the Legislature.

"...Dripping Springs Rep. Rick Green has worked himself into a veritable..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

How an Aquifer Works

The unique geology of the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer makes it a particularly fragile resource

"...In places where aquifers recharge slowly, groundwater resources are somewhat buffered from the short-term..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...Village of Bee Cave on Highway 71 to Dripping Springs along U.S. 290, and could potentially serve thousands of..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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Don't Dissolve District

"...appreciate the coverage of the referendum to abolish the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, the only local government..."

May 1, 1998 Column

TCEQ Paves the Way for Shit Creek(s)

State environmental agency rejects science in favor of allowing sewage in creeks

"...familiar government entities and environmental groups, such as the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, the city of Austin, Hays..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

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Our readers talk back.

"...Tricks Won't Protect SpringsDear Editor,..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

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