Tag: Edwards Aquifer
Residents show in force at county Budget Town Hall in Helotes to oppose PID measure for Guajolote Ranch
Area residents, from left, Emory Bluhm, Lisa Pack and Ann Toepperwein question Bexar County Precinct 3 Commissioner Grant Moody after the Budget Town Hall event…
Did you think only TCEQ needs to approve Guajolote Ranch? The county and city have to, also.
July 28, 2025 – If you thought only the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has to approve of a wastewater plant for the proposed controversial…
Entire bipartisan Bexar County state House delegation urges TCEQ to reject ‘dangerous, potentially disastrous’ Guajolote Ranch permit
State House Republican Reps. Mark Dorazio (left) and John Lujan (in jacket) visit the site of what would be the entrance to Guajolote Ranch off…
Wastewatergate scandal: A Florida company is messing with Texas
Michael Wm. Schick is shown at a recent protest of water line construction by Lennar for Guajolote Ranch on Scenic Loop Road. (Photo credit: Lesli…
Letter to TCEQ Chairwoman Brooke Paup
Randy Neumann, chair of the steering committee of the Scenic Loop-Helotes Creek Alliance, leads questioning of the TCEQ during a standing-room only public meeting in San Antonio on May 9, 2023. (Photo credit: Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News)
As Hill Country population booms, Texas must protect precious Edwards Aquifer | Opinion
Randy Neumann, Guest columnistAustin American-StatesmanJune 6, 2025 Texas has a proud history shaped by its resilient people and natural resources. For 89 legislative sessions our…
Granting wastewater permit for Guajolote Ranch would put Edwards Aquifer at risk
A reckless decision regarding a discharge permit for Guajolote Ranch would degrade the Helotes Creek watershed and contaminate the aquifer’s dwindling recharge. By Lesli Hicks…
Judge rules that Metro Health, after caving to Lennar, must release secret settlement
May 6, 2025 – A state district judge in Austin today ruled that the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District must release details of a settlement it negotiated…
TRO Hearing on Secret Metro Health Settlement Set for May 6
Public health agency ‘caved to Lennar, abdicated its responsibility’ April 24, 2025 – A state district court in Austin set a hearing for May 6 on…
TCEQ’s Office of Public Interest Counsel recommends denying a permit for Guajolote Ranch
March 14, 2025 – The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Office of Public Interest Counsel (OPIC) is recommending that a wastewater permit be denied for…