In 2020, the 150-mile Vista Ridge pipeline began transporting water from Burleson County to San Antonio’s metro region. Within a year, residents near the pumping station began to notice their faucets sputtering with air. Story by TexasTribune.
The Vista Ridge site in Burleson County on July 12, 2021. The Vista Ridge pipeline, which pumps water to San Antonio, has caused water well levels to drop in neighboring Lee County, spurring lawmakers to propose legislation to compensate affected residents.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.
As climate change — which enhances droughts and increases temperatures, and thus, evaporation rates — puts 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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