By Gudjon Berdmann A hot start defined a water-centered Buda City Council meeting Tuesday night. “Really pissed off!” “Will defend my land.” “Filing lawsuits.” “Our wells will go dry.” Angry citizens, some of whom were nearly in tears, made these and other comments at the March 17 meeting. Their ang...

By Andy Sevilla Hays County residents concerned that Buda’s future water supply plan may suck Trinity Aquifer wells dry are pummeling the city with criticism online and calling for its boycott. On Jan. 20 the Buda council “reluctantly” reached a water agreement with Electro Purification (EP), a Hous...

By Andy Sevilla A Buda water supply evaluation study found the city would need an additional 30,000 gallons of water per day as soon as 2017 to quench the populations’ thirst. The study by Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, Inc. (LAN), found that the city’s existing ground and surface water supply can ha...