State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D) and Hays County Commissioner Walt Smith (R) have both backed the same three incumbents for the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District: Bruce Moulton, Carlos Torres-Verdín and Linda Kaye Rogers. Water isn't red or blue.
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Decades of Texas water policy experience, including advising state environmental leaders, Army service, and leadership as the district's board president.
A UT Austin professor and endowed chair, inventor, and leader of a university research consortium.
More than a decade of board leadership, groundwater policy experience, and firsthand conservation: she relies entirely on rainwater for household water.
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“...the end goal is to keep these three people in office to allow the district to fulfill its mission and protect the private well owner...”
“...if you got to have regulations... you want to have local control...”
“...the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District works to conserve, preserve, recharge and prevent the waste of groundwater within western Hays County.”District mission, 2026 Management Plan
The district covers about 370 square miles of western Hays County. It sets pumping limits based on the science of the aquifer, cuts back permitted pumping during declared droughts, and works to keep enough water in the Trinity Aquifer to maintain spring and stream flows.
Aqua Texas serves more than 3,000 customers in western Hays County, including Wimberley and Woodcreek. Its 2022 pumping came from the Trinity Aquifer, which feeds Jacob's Well and Blue Hole. The district fined it $5 per thousand gallons over the permit. Aqua Texas argues the fine treats it unfairly.
Source: KUT News, Jan. 9, 2024