Back in 1973, none other than Gunnar Brune, the King of Springs in Texas added a spring at Beverley Northwest Park in Austin, Texas, into the Texas Water Development Board's water well database (on my birthday no less!). The spring flowed at about 10 gallons per minute, had a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and … Continue reading where art thou, elbow spring? (updated)
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did kinney county break its desired future conditions? part deux
After my first post on this topic, a little bird tweeted in my ear [please read the following in sotto voce], "Look at the groundwater management plan! Look at the groundwater management plan!" So I did. Wow. I'm not sure where to start, but I will start with these tldr statements: (1) These are the … Continue reading did kinney county break its desired future conditions? part deux
did kinney county break its desired future conditions? (part 1)
I've been getting several communications about whether or not the desired future conditions for Las Moras Springs were met last year. Apparently, there's some disagreement. Let's take a look. First, we need the desired future conditions. We can find that at the Texas Water Development Board web page: "Total net drawdown in Kinney County in … Continue reading did kinney county break its desired future conditions? (part 1)
the retirement of “judge groundwater”
image from Texas Judicial Branch In Texas, we elect our state supreme court justices. Seems dangerous in this wacky world of ours (couldn't a non-attorney be elected as justice?), but the system seems to have worked thus far. In 1988, Texas voters elected Nathan Hecht as a new justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, … Continue reading the retirement of “judge groundwater”
is the edwards aquifer in a new drought of record?
Figure 1: Flow at Comal Springs (source). Figure 2: Flow at San Marcos Springs (source). Things have been looking a bit grim lately in Comal and San Marcos springs. Comal Springs has bottomed out at its fourth lowest flow rate since 1927 during this drought (Figure 1) with San Marcos Springs experiencing its third lowest … Continue reading is the edwards aquifer in a new drought of record?
the edwards aquifersssss of kinney county
FIGURE 1: The major aquifers in the Kinney County area (from TWDB 2024). Light green (solid and hashed) is the Edward-Trinity (Plateau) Aquifer (solid and hashed) and the blue (solid and hashed) is the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer. Solid colors indicate where the aquifers are exposed (or nearly exposed) at land surface while the … Continue reading the edwards aquifersssss of kinney county
what’s causing las moras springs to go dry?
Generally, when a spring goes dry, the cause is drought, groundwater production, or drought and groundwater production.
the lower rio grande valley needs to brand itself as the valleyplex
People have generally heard about Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, El Paso, and Austin, but how many have heard of Donna, Mila Doce, or Rangerville? Most Texans will be familiar with Brownsville, Harlingen, and McAllen, but how many folks outside of Texas have heard of 'em? My guess? Not many. And if they have, … Continue reading the lower rio grande valley needs to brand itself as the valleyplex
san marcos springs are the largest springs in texas (and that sucks)
I looked around city hall in New Braunfels, home of Comal Springs, but didn't see a trophy to claim for this biggest-spring honor
the day(s) las moras springs went dry
Image from SAEN (1964d) Back in February, Dee Dee Starks Brown posted an article on Facebook from the San Antonio Express-News noting that the first time Las Moras Springs went dry was in "mid-July" of 1964 (thanks Dee Dee!). So its been on my to-do list to dig up this article and see what else … Continue reading the day(s) las moras springs went dry
so secret, occult, and concealed 