[dropcap]St[/dropcap]. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and School was designated the 2016 Permittee of the Year by the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District last week.

As a groundwater user, the church/school was directly affected by the passage of  Texas House Bill 3405 and the district’s annexation of the shared territory in summer of 2015. This annexation placed into effect a groundwater management scheme as well as permitting requirement for nonexempt groundwater users....