Groundwater levels rapidly declined in rural Lee County after San Antonio began pumping the water through the Vista Ridge pipeline.
The SAWS Agua Vista Station treats the water from the Vista Ridge pipeline, which has been transporting up to 45 million gallons of water daily from Burleson County to San Antonio since 2020.Rural landowners in Lee County, a rural area east of Austin, could soon be compensated after they lost access to water as a result of San Antonio’s groundwater pumping in their area.
. Groundwater levels in the area near Vista Ridge’s wells plummeted. Some wells saw a water level drop of close to 50 percent, local groundwater data shows. , groundwater is playing an increasingly important role in Texas’ water supply. Texas is the third-largest groundwater pumper in the nation, according to U.S. Geological Survey data.that some residents in Lee County had spent hundreds or thousands of dollars on lowering and upgrading their pumps to reach water.
Groundwater laws in Texas essentially allow anyone who owns or leases land to pump as much underground water as they want, regardless of whether it affects neighboring properties. Local groundwater districts, which typically follow county lines, can permit and restrict water pumping to conserve it for the future. But aquifers often cross district boundaries, and districts can’t regulate pumping outside of their jurisdiction.
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