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Friday, January 30, 2009

Can someone tell me where this water is coming from?


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Update, 4 p.m. Friday Jan. 30 -- Hydrogeologist Joe Beery of the BSEACD says the water that filled the detention pond came from a two-day pump test performed by the City of Kyle. The test was on a nearby Edwards Aquifer well, permitted by the District for city water supply. " As far as since (the pump test), how has it been kept filled, is a question for the city," Beery said. " . . . We're not in the business of saying it's okay to fill (amenity) ponds . . . we do not support that." Beery noted that the district currently is in a critical drought stage, requiring a 30% reduction in water use.
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An alert citizen sent the photos below, and has asked: "Can someone tell me where this water is coming from? We are in the most severe drought in more than fifty years and wells are going dry. Somebody is watering grass and filling a surface lake that is evaporating."

Good question. The RoundUp has a call in to the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) and will post an update as soon as we receive a response.


It'd be a crying shame if this lake – in front of the Hays Consolidated ISD's Performing Arts Center off Kohler's Crossing and across the road from the Plum Creek Subdivision in Kyle – is being filled with groundwater from the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer in east-central Hays County.


The RoundUp suggests calling the following sources for some additional insights:


City of Kyle Administration, City Manager Tom Mattis: 512.262.3920

Pct. 2 County Commissioner Jeff Barton: 512.262.2091

Hays Consolidated ISD Administration: 512.268.2141
BSEACD: 512.282.8441


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Two day pump test? That doesn't make sense. What about the irrigation going on? Is that also a pump test? Something doesn't pass the smell test.