A concrete company’s plan to pump close to 9 million gallons of water from the Trinity Aquifer for its Henly-area batch plant is bubbling up concern from nearby neighbors.

Lauren Concrete Inc., owners of a batch plant near Henly that generated controversy when it was proposed in 2018, submitted an application to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) to pump 8,126,724 gallons per year from the aquifer. 

HTGCD Hydrogeologist Jeff Watson said the requested permit compared...