Barton Springs and Lovelady Level Check: October 2022
The levels at Barton Springs and Lovelady, the District’s two drought triggers, are on a steady decline. Currently, the District remains in Alarm Drought (Stage II), but we are inching closer to Critical Drought (Stage III). Oct. 10, 2022 – Barton Springs is at 23.3 cfs (cubic feet per second). The USGS continue to make […]
Drought Update: September 2022
The District remains in Alarm Drought (Stage II), which was officially declared at the June 9, 2022 Board meeting. However, the declaration of Critical Drought (Stage III) could happen by early to mid-October if we do not see additional rainfall. Drought Update – Sept. 29, 2022
Barton Springs and Lovelady Level Check: September 2022
The levels at Barton Springs and Lovelady, the District’s two drought triggers, are on a steady decline. Currently, the District remains in Alarm Drought (Stage II), but we are inching closer to Critical Drought (Stage III). Sept. 26, 2022 – Barton Springs is at 25.1 cfs (cubic feet per second). The USGS continue to make […]
Aquifer District Cancels November General and Special Elections
For Immediate Release: September 15, 2022 For more information, contact: David Marino, Communications & Outreach Manager at (512) 282-8441 or dmarino@bseacd.org During the Board Meeting held on September 15, 2022, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District’s Board of Directors canceled the November 8, 2022 General and Special Elections for District Directors. Each precinct only had one […]
Barton Springs and Lovelady Level Check – August, 2022
Barton Springs and Lovelady Level Check The recent rains we’ve seen are providing some slight relief when it comes to the levels at Barton Springs and Lovelady, the District’s two drought triggers. The key word is slight. Please continue to conserve. We are in no way out of the drought. Currently, the District remains in […]
Barton Springs and Lovelady Level Check – Sept. 8, 2022
Barton Springs and Lovelady Level Check The recent rains we’ve seen are providing some slight relief when it comes to the levels at Barton Springs and Lovelady, the District’s two drought triggers. The key word is slight. Please continue to conserve. We are in no way out of the drought. Currently, the District remains in […]
All About Drought
All About Drought: How does the District make a drought declaration? The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (District) has two drought triggers. They are the Lovelady Monitor Well and Barton Springs. Only one of the two drought stage triggers needs to be reached for a drought declaration to be made. However, to exit a drought […]
Drought Update – Aug. 25, 2022
Drought Update August 25, 2022 How much rain did we get? Widespread rain moved across Central Texas on Monday. The highest totals occurred across the Austin/Travis County area (peak 4 inches) while Hays County saw a peak of 2.6 inches (Buda area). Are we still in drought? Yes, despite the welcomed rain we are still in […]
Barton Springs and Lovelady Level Check – August 2022
The rain we’ve seen this week has helped out Barton Springs a bit. We haven’t seen much of a spike for Lovelady yet, but the Lovelady Well typically responds slower. Despite our recent downpours, we still need more rain to get out of drought. We plan to send out a drought update soon. In the […]
Barton Springs and Lovelady Level Check – Aug. 24, 2022
The rain we’ve seen this week has helped out Barton Springs a bit. We haven’t seen much of a spike for Lovelady yet, but the Lovelady Well typically responds slower. Despite our recent downpours, we still need more rain to get out of drought. We plan to send out a drought update soon. In the […]