By Neena Satija A bill designed to protect western Hays County residents' water wells in light of a massive groundwater pumping project is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk — following an emotional week of political drama over an issue once considered local and relatively uncontroversial.  House Bil...

by John Hatch   (Publisher’s Note: Last week’s guest column by Tim Doty was anti-EP. This week the discussion continues with pro-EP remarks.) I magine the Texas Legislature is meeting. Two bills are up for consideration. One bill creates a Groundwater Conservation District to oversee areas that up u...

By Ashley Sava Closing the white zone of little-to-no water regulation could be affected by several bills moving through the Texas Legislature. Expansion of the boundaries of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to cover a section of unprotected groundwater in Hays County is one ...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Much of the fighting among major stakeholders in the Electro Purification (EP) well project and its opponents has been in public meetings, at testimony hearings and in the media.  But on Monday, key players in the ongoing saga sat down at the state capital to try to come to agreeme...