Supplementing the springflow

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November 17, 2009

Edwards Aquifer stakeholders give nod to study seeking ideas

From staff reports The San Marcos Record Tue Nov 17, 2009, 10:44 AM CST

A study on supplementing spring flow from the Edwards Aquifer was approved but another that would examine the relationship between favored foods of the endangered whooping cranes and the marshes where they exist wasn’t.

Those were among actions taken in a meeting of stakeholders in the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Plan (EARIP).

Though a full report isn’t due until the end of December, members of the EARIP Science Subcommittee presented preliminary findings at the meeting, which was held Nov. 12.

“The Science Subcommittee’s work is an initial step in a lengthy process established over the past two years by EARIP stakeholders,” said Robert Gulley, EARIP program manager. “The flows are a starting point but they do not dictate any particular action. The numbers do point out the complexity of discussions coming in the next few months, and do highlight the need to work together to come up with creative solutions.”

The 2010 EARIP operating budget of $239,848 was approved, with stakeholders contributing these funds for the EARIP’s third year, including Edwards Aquifer Authority, Guadalupe Blanco River Authority, San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio Water System, Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Parks and Wildlife and others.

EARIP stakeholders include water utilities, cities, groundwater conservation districts, agricultural users, industrial users, environmental organizations, individuals, river authorities, downstream and coastal communities and state and federal agencies.

The group will next meet in early December in a two-day retreat in Kerrville.

For additional information, visit earip.tamu.edu.

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