HAYS COUNTY  —   The Hays County Commissioners Court recently approved an interlocal agreement that will be directed toward protecting the county’s invaluable natural resources. At its Feb. 27 meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved the county judge to execute an interlocal agreement among H...

WIMBERLEY — Aqua Texas, a water utility company that serves Hays County, was fined approximately $450,000 by the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) for pumping 89.4 million gallons of water in 2022, which was almost twice the amount was allotted by its permit. “We are the fastest...

Discolored water from wells near the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline is causing distress. Test results on the water, taken where the pipeline is about to cross the Blanco River, are expected soon from a Lower Colorado River Authority laboratory. Once the results are received, David Baker of t...

The Citizens Alliance for Responsible Development (CARD) is asking residents concerned about the proposed Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) to express their feelings to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which are currently reviewing Kinder Morgan’s 42-inch natural...

History could be made this summer as Wimberley ISD officials break ground on the state’s first school aimed at reducing groundwater usage by 90%.  Experts are hoping the school will set a precedent for other districts around the country, especially in environmentally sensitive regions, to implement ...

The future of water conservation efforts in Texas might lie in a new Wimberley campus, which aims to conserve the resource through self-sustaining technologies.  Wimberley ISD officials are calling the new primary school the “One Water School.” When it opens in fall 2020, the campus will reduce grou...

Concerns over the method Wimberley city leaders should take to alleviate wastewater woes drove hundreds to the Wimberley Community Center last week to hear what one group feels is the best way to proceed. The Citizens Alliance for Responsible Development (CARD) held a town hall meeting to voice thei...