Contact Government Officials
Canyon Lake is already stressed. Adding even more wastewater to this polluted, drought-stricken drinking water source is not acceptable. The officials responsible for water management in the state and in this region need to hear from us: the situation is dire and we do not accept being sacrificed to corporate interests who bring no benefit to the local communities.
We urge you to write our government officials at all levels - state, county, local - and urge them to stop the over-building of the Hill Country and the over-exploitation of the Trinity Aquifer. We need policies to restore Canyon Lake and protect the aquifer.
Fischer Neighbors will be holding letter writing workshops:
Handwritten letters and phone calls may convey a stronger message than emails do. Please consider hand writing at least one letter to the governor and to your representatives to let them know how important this is to us all. After that, keep the input going, with emails and phone calls (and more handwritten letters if you can!)
• Location: Tye Preston Memorial Library, Canyon Lake
• Dates: Every other Wednesday, beginning February 25:
2/25, 3/11, 3/25... more dates to be added if needed
• Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM
• Supplies provided: paper, envelopes, pens, talking points, sample letters, mailing labels, and stamps
Neighbors in the Greater Canyon Lake area should be able to find your state senator, representative, and county commissioners in this list. Some commissioners did not list postal mail addresses; in that case, a phone call would be great!
Additional Thoughts
Broken Cedar Ranch Permit # WQ0016660001
Canyon Ranch Permit Renewal # WQ0015866001
The Texas Hill Country is an irreplaceable gem in the Texas landscape. Over-building and over-taxing the water system threatens the flowing springs and water-based river tourism, the public health of the residents, the wildlife, the historic character; in short, everything that makes the area special.
We call instead for sustainable water management to support the health of the Hill Country. However, Texas water infrastructure and governance are not currently equipped to offer that.
Thus we call for a wastewater discharge ban in the Texas Hill Country. Neither the environment nor the drinking water can tolerate the contamination presented by the very dense developments with their wastewater discharges into our streams and water supply.
Further, we call for a moratorium on permits for non--exempt (high-producing) wells in the Trinity Aquifer until a path to sustainability has been sufficiently studied, proposed, approved by water experts, and adopted by the state of Texas.
The officials who have direct influence on water management policies include the governor, our legislators (House and Senate), county commissioners, and the Comal Trinity GCD (Groundwater Conservation District).