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 [...]

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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 [...]

Posted in Edwards Aquifer, Helotes, Helotes fire, Henry Zumwalt, SAWS, San Antonio Water System, TCEQ, mulch fire, texas 2 Comments »

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

Posted in 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 »

Does anyone know anything about this judge’s decision ordering the TCEQ not to use chemicals to fight the fire? It certainly isn’t being reported in the news, just a tidbit here and there.
Fight over Compost Fire Costs Going to Court | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
Zumwalt’s attorney did tell News 4 WOAI the judge ordered the [...]

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This story exemplifies the problems with government on so many levels.
MySA.com: Metro | State
“It is in the county, not the Helotes city limits, and it comes down to
money and how much someone will have to pay to put this fire out,” he
said. “I have been working nonstop to get the ball rolling because my
primary concern [...]

Posted in Bexar County Commissioner's Court, Helotes, Henry Zumwalt, Jon Allan, Nelson Wolff, Seth Mitchell, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Uncategorized, bexar county 2 Comments »