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REFERENCES
Land Conservation Menu: Model Projects Options & Opportunities
| themenu-final-4.2_digital_.pdf |
July 2019
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The purpose of this document is to provide information useful to both public and private entities interested in taking action in pursuit of the Hill Country’s land protection needs.
The Texas Hill Country, especially in the four eastern counties paralleling Interstate 35, is among the fastest growing region in the country. It is also the most resource rich and ecologically vulnerable. Land conversion in the four counties of Travis, Hays, Comal, and Bexar counties is occurring at a staggering rate, and opportunities for land protection are fast dwindling. Negative impacts to our cherished landscapes, our water supply, our unique and abundant wildlife, and our public access to nature (in a state that is 95% privately owned) are real and growing. The time for action is now. |
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Historical Timeline of Comal County, Edwards Aquifer, & Comal Springs
A very interesting timeline of what happened in Comal County starting from way way back when.
| comal_county_timeline_3-29-23.pdf |
Drought & Flood Cycles in Comal County
| comal_county_drought_and_flood__timeline.pdf |
Reference List by iNaturalist & Joel Dunnington
| jsd_final_reference_list_v3.6_7-9-19.pdf |
An extensive reference list of just about all things relating to conservation, be it plants, animals, mammals, insects, etc. You name it, it's here.
Talk the Talk
| ccca_acronyms_7-9-19_master_black.pdf |
A glossary of acronyms with descriptions & website links to local organizations.
The Edwards Aquifer
Publication year: 2022
Number of pages: 90
ISBN: 978‑1‑77470‑029‑7
https://doi.org/10.21083/978-1-77470-029-7
Authors:
Jack Sharp – The University of Texas, USA
Ron Green – Southwest Research Institute, USA
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Book Description
The Edwards Aquifer system of Texas is a very productive and highly studied karst aquifer. It provides water for over 2 million people and for agriculture, industry, recreation, and environmental uses, but its sustainable use is challenged by rapidly increasing urban population (expected to double in several decades), climate change (increased droughts and floods), urbanization and contamination, protection of groundwater ecosystems and their endangered species, and evolving water laws and policies.
This book reviews various units of the aquifer system and its unique geologic, hydraulic, water quality, ecologic, legal, and environmental aspects. Despite over a century of study of the Edwards, there remain significant challenges to the sustainable use of this aquifer.
Better mapping and more detailed field data, improved numerical models, enhanced recharge, more optimal pumping strategies, and new technologies, including desalination and aquifer storage and recovery, will have to be implemented to meet the challenges of the Edwards and karst aquifers globally.
Publication year: 2022
Number of pages: 90
ISBN: 978‑1‑77470‑029‑7
https://doi.org/10.21083/978-1-77470-029-7
Authors:
Jack Sharp – The University of Texas, USA
Ron Green – Southwest Research Institute, USA
Read Online
Book Description
The Edwards Aquifer system of Texas is a very productive and highly studied karst aquifer. It provides water for over 2 million people and for agriculture, industry, recreation, and environmental uses, but its sustainable use is challenged by rapidly increasing urban population (expected to double in several decades), climate change (increased droughts and floods), urbanization and contamination, protection of groundwater ecosystems and their endangered species, and evolving water laws and policies.
This book reviews various units of the aquifer system and its unique geologic, hydraulic, water quality, ecologic, legal, and environmental aspects. Despite over a century of study of the Edwards, there remain significant challenges to the sustainable use of this aquifer.
Better mapping and more detailed field data, improved numerical models, enhanced recharge, more optimal pumping strategies, and new technologies, including desalination and aquifer storage and recovery, will have to be implemented to meet the challenges of the Edwards and karst aquifers globally.
