Out of Sight, Out of Water: The U.S. and Mexico Have Only Just Begun to Grapple with the Aquifers They Share "Meanwhile, the US and Mexico barely even know about their shared groundwater. The two nations only officially recognize four cross-border aquifers." [The linked document doesn't support this statement, quote: "A binational aquifer quantity and … Continue reading texas groundwater news august 2018 →

Here's a PDF of the presentation I'm giving on August 15, 2018, at the Caldwell Civic Center in Caldwell, Texas: 2018-0815_Mace_CW More info about the event here.

Available for perusin' and abusin'! 2018-0808b Mace - SWTCGCD [another revised version posted August 9, 2018 5:52pm after I saw that the PDF truncated the slides. I promise: I'll get this figured out one of these days...] [revised version posted August 8, 2018 ~8:04am after {cough, cough} someone noted I had the wrong name for … Continue reading presentation to the southwestern travis county groundwater conservation district →

Pipeline leaks; rancher reports; company delays reporting leak; judge says the company should be fined; Railroad Commission doesn’t fine (and chews out staff): https://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/why-texas-officials-decided-not-levy-penalties-after-pipeline-leak/HyOfo4fe4nBAewoeWeM6XO/ Movement on Electro-Purification's permit from the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District: editorial: https://haysfreepress.com/2018/06/13/ep-request-is-an-alarming-threat-to-groundwater/ background: https://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/hays-county-water-fight-back-years-after-residents-big-win/NHY3f5s9iJLPS5MQw5DzLM/ public meeting: https://haysfreepress.com/2018/06/20/aquifer-district-presents-plan-to-harness-ep/ You should visit The Meadows Center and take a glass-bottom boat tour: https://scadconnector.com/2018/06/10/stranded-in-texas-part-three-a-glass-bottom-boat-tour-at-the-texas-state-university-meadows-center/ New Mexico’s … Continue reading texas groundwater news june 2018 →

  I loves me a well that squirts water from the ground! We'll let the Freudists debate precisely what that means psychologically, but for me, it's hydrogeology come alive in a magical display of hydraulic head higher--sometimes substantially higher--than the land surface. Water! Flowing "uphill"!!! Sadly, many of the early gushers have long dried up due to … Continue reading there’s still a gusher in Sulphur, Oklahoma →

I was fortunate enough to attend an eight-state conference on the Ogallala Aquifer up in Garden City, Kansas, a couple of weeks ago. Whenever I head to Kansas, I check on how close one of my hydrologic bucket-list items—The Big Well in Greensburg—will be. With Greensburg an hour forty from Garden City; I had just … Continue reading a big ole well in a big ole aquifer →

Hunting for crawfish in the canal just downstream of the pool. The salt rim on the sides suggests a waning flow. Comanche Springs (originally named Awache, Comanche for "wide water") was a Comanche stop into and out of Mexico (and surely a pre-historic stop for water in a land where water is scarce). Later, the … Continue reading a trip to the (flowing!) comanche springs →