Posted on March 28th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Helotes debris fire may be out, but battles remain in aftermath
Helotes can breathe again.The monster debris fire that confounded county leaders, mocked the state’s environmental agency and grabbed national attention for three months has officially gone poof!
Finally!! Three months of this fire burning and it is finally out. We [...]
Filed under: Helotes, Helotes fire, Henry Zumwalt, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 11th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
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 [...]
Filed under: Edwards Aquifer, Helotes, Helotes fire, Henry Zumwalt, SAWS, San Antonio Water System, TCEQ, mulch fire, texas | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 7th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Environment | Water
Officials revealed Tuesday that wells apparently polluted by firefighting efforts at the Helotes debris pile also are showing bacterial contamination with high levels of fecal coliform.It’s unclear whether the fire and bacterial contamination are related. State and local officials are planning more talks today to determine the next step in dealing with [...]
Filed under: Helotes, Helotes fire, Henry Zumwalt, TCEQ, mulch fire | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 23rd, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: The next big mulch fire battle will be over who’s going to pay
If everything goes as planned, the state’s environmental agency should be sending Henry Zumwalt a fire cleanup bill in a couple of weeks.
By then, we’re told, the fire that’s been burning on Zumwalt’s property since [...]
Filed under: Helotes, Helotes fire, Henry Zumwalt, TCEQ, texas | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 9th, 2007 by TechDigger
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?
MySA.com: Editorials
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 [...]
Filed under: Edwards Aquifer, Helotes fire, SAWS, San Antonio Water System, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | No Comments »
Posted on February 8th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
Just a really quick post about another snag in putting out the Helotes Mulch Fire. SAWS is going to vote to see if they will get a restraining order against anyone using water to put out the Helotes mulch fire. At the bottom are links to all the previous CNN stories so you can do [...]
Filed under: Bexar Met, Bexar Metropolitan Water District, BexarMet, Helotes, Helotes fire, Henry Zumwalt, SAWS, San Antonio, San Antonio Water System, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, aquifer, bexar county, mulch fire, texas | No Comments »
Posted on February 7th, 2007 by TechDigger
I’m still trying to decide what I think about SAWs cutting off the water to put out the Helotes mulch fire but the following statement boggles the mind:
SAWS votes to cut the water supply for Helotes firefighting effort - San Antonio Business Journal:
However, BexarMet may still not be in a position to provide all the [...]
Filed under: Alex Briseno, Bexar Metropolitan Water District, BexarMet, Gil Olivares, Helotes fire, SAWS, San Antonio Water System, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, mulch fire, texas | No Comments »
