2021 Kent S. Butler Groundwater Stewardship Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to our 2021 Scholarship Winners Congratulations to the 2021 Kent S. Butler Groundwater Stewardship Scholarship Winners. The three top winners wrote thorough, insightful, and very interesting essays. Kent S. Butler Memorial Groundwater Stewardship Scholarships Megan Wolter, Dripping Springs High School – $2,500 Scholarship Read the winning essay: Saltwater Intrusion in Florida Aquifers Sachin Allums, Liberal […]
Pipeline Projects in District
Proposed Kinder Morgan Pipeline
The History of the Creation of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District
Introduction: This District, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, has evolved after years of untiring efforts by many individuals dedicated to aquifer protection. There were at least six serious legislative efforts to create water laws for this area dating from 1937 to 1985, but none of them became law, not until August 1987. The intent […]
Hydrogeologic Atlas of southwestern Travis County, Central Texas
The Hill Country Priority Groundwater Management Area (PGMA) was designated in 1990 in response to existing and projected groundwater availability issues within the Trinity aquifers. Anecdotal reports suggest current groundwater availability issues in the Southwestern Travis County (SWTC) portion of the PGMA. In the absence of a groundwater conservation district, the area’s hydrogeology remained poorly characterized […]
Estimating the number of Trinity Aquifer exempt wells in a recently annexed groundwater conservation district territory
In 2015, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (District) annexed the eastern portion of Hays County coincident with the Edwards Aquifer Authority boundary to extend groundwater protection and management to the previously unregulated Trinity and other non-Edwards aquifers. To estimate Trinity Aquifer pumpage, first the number of Trinity Aquifer wells needed to be identified. High-volume […]
Monitor Wells
Groundwater levels provide critical information about the hydrologic relationships of recharge and discharge to storage within an aquifer, and the direction of groundwater flow. The District maintains over 40 monitor wells to track water levels using continuous-recording instruments or periodic manual measurements. The District monitors groundwater levels within the Edwards, Upper and Middle Trinity Aquifers. […]
Groundwater Tracing Study of the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer
Nico M. Hauwert, P.G. Hydrogeologist and James W. Sansom, Jr., P.G. Hydrogeologist, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District David A. Johns, Hydrogeologist, City of Austin Watershed Protection and Development Review Department Thomas J. Aley, Hydrogeologist, Ozark Underground Laboratory PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THE TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION AND U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY September 2004 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: […]
Well Water Checkup
Pleasant Valley Spring: A Newly Documented Karst Spring of the Texas Hill Country Trinity Aquifer
Texas Hill Country springs provide baseflow for rivers that recharge the downstream Edwards Aquifer. This study is an initial characterization of Pleasant Valley Spring (PVS) and recognition of its significance for the Hill Country, Middle Trinity Aquifer, and the Edwards Aquifer. PVS is a perennial, artesian, karst spring complex located in the bed of the […]
Influence of Faulting and Relay Ramp Structures on Groundwater Flow in the Karstic Edwards and Trinity Aquifers, Central Texas, USA
The Cretaceous-age Edwards and Middle Trinity Aquifers of central Texas are critical groundwater resources for human and ecological needs. These two major karst aquifers are stratigraphically stacked (Edwards over Trinity) and structurally juxtaposed (normal faulting) in the Balcones Fault Zone. Studies have long recognized the importance of faulting on the development of the karstic Edwards […]