Registration opens Sept. 1 for Drought & Demand: Groundwater Management, the second in a series of panel discussions focusing on the area’s water woes.
The presentation, sponsored by Comal Conservation, League of Women Voters of the Comal Area, and Tye Preston Memorial Library, is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Tye Preston Memorial Library, 16311 S. Access Rd., Canyon Lake.
The event is free, but seating is limited to 100 people. Registration is required. For more information, click here.
Speakers include Natalie Ballew, Groundwater Division director for the Texas Water Development Board; Larry Hull, president of the board of directors for the Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; and Roland Ruiz, general manager of the Edwards Aquifer Authority.
They will explore how groundwater resources are being managed in response to increasing pressures from prolonged drought and population growth in the region.
Around 62% of the water supply in Comal County comes from the Edwards and Trinity aquifers. The combined effects of prolonged drought and rising demand are placing both aquifers under increasing stress.
Groundwater conservation districts are authorized by the Texas Water Code and serve as the state’s preferred method for groundwater management. They have the power to conserve, preserve, protect, and prevent waste of groundwater within their boundaries.
The first Drought and Demand presentation on April 22 was recorded and can be viewed on YouTube.
A list of questions and answers submitted during and after the event can be viewed here.
Comal Conservation’s Executive Director, Ryan Keith Spencer, and Mark Caples, Founder of the Leadership Knocks podcast, discussed the first meeting in a 2 1/2-hour podcast, Obviously Wrong: Drought, Data and Drama, the Real Story Behind Canyon Lake’s Water Crisis, now available on YouTube.