Lovelady Monitor Well: Past and Present
Justin Camp, District Hydrogeoloic Technician, measures the Lovelady monitor well in south Austin with an e-line in June of 2025. For those who keep up with the District’s drought status, it’s common knowledge that the Lovelady monitor well is one of our two primary drought triggers. What you may not know is that it also […]
Next Board Meeting: December 14, 2023 Public Hearing
Next Board Meeting: November 9, 2023 – Public Hearing
Next Board Meeting: October 12, 2023 – Public Hearing
GMA 10 Open Meeting: October 16, 2023
Middle Trinity Aquifer Synoptic
Jeff Watson, Staff Hydrogeologist at BSEACD, measuring Pleasant Valley Spring flow on September 14, 2023 with Radu Boghici, Hydrogeologist at Hays Trinity GCD. This month the District began conducting a synoptic survey of the Middle Trinity Aquifer. This involves measuring hundreds of Trinity Aquifer wells within a set timeframe and provides an overarching ‘snapshot’ of […]
A Message from the General Manager: September 2023
By Tim Loftus, General Manager of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District For the second year in a row, low flow in the Mississippi River is causing problems. Thanks to a lack of rainfall in the upper watershed, a saltwater wedge is moving upriver from the Gulf of Mexico and shutting down small water treatment […]
Next Board Meeting: September 14, 2023
Next Board Meeting: September 10, 2023 – Two Public Hearings
District Foresees Unprecedented Transition to Stage IV Exceptional Drought
Barton Springs’ 10-day average flow fell to 16 cubic feet per second (cfs) on July 24, 2023. This is based on field measurements collected by the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (the District). For reference, the average flow for the springs since 1978 is 68 cfs. This decline in discharge is representative of the alarmingly […]