The city decided against annexing and rezoning a sensitive part of the Edwards Aquifer. So the city won’t build a transit center or a library in the area. And while the developer will be able to start part of his project, he won’t be able to do the rest without the Marshall Road extension. Yet, [...]

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MySA.com: Clean air, clean water interests collide over Helotes debris fire
Into this toxic haze steps an angry man, Helotes Mayor Jon Allan, perhaps the lone heroic figure in this 2 1/2-month disaster.
When Allan speaks everyone listens, and this is what he’s saying: Resume fighting the fire with water. The strategy of using a crane [...]

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Roddy, a fellow I know is buying and selling water rights in Medina County, and he tells me that other speculators are doing the same thing.
“He says that activity has increased considerably in the last year and that the acre-foot price has soared from $1,000 to $6,000!
“He also told me that one of the [...]

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Man vs Nature: Housing Project Damages City Nature Preserve | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
Crownridge Canyon Nature Area opened last year after the city used aquifer protection sales taxes to purchase 200-acres and protect it from development. Blasting and bulldozing at the Post Oak Development project next to the park, however, has caused numerous boulders to [...]

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How can TCEQ be working for our best interests in dealing with the Helotes fire when they obviously don’t know what those interests are?
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TCEQ officials from Austin seem to have been remarkably unaware of the landscape they’ve been dealing with.
For example, according to a SAWS official, they suggested that any contaminants found in aquifer [...]

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