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An Alternative Water Resource
Exists In Their Own Backyard
A large almost unused aquifer flows
through Region G—right
in Williamson County’s own backyard.
Beneath the huge Carrizo-Wilcox
Aquifer lies the little used Simsboro Aquifer. The Simsboro
is in the Region G in Lee and Milam Counties. With approximately
260,000 acre feet of annual recharge, it has plenty of
water to supplement Williamson County’s water needs.
So why would the cities of the Brazos
River Authority be pursuing the waters of the LCRA? Did Williamson County
cities want to make sure they reserved the only existing
water in Lake Travis before laws were changed or LCRA ran
out of firm water to sell? No one realized that LCRA
would continue to contract for water even though they ran
out of current firm water in Lakes Travis and Buchanan. Is
LCRA water too cheap? (See: LCRA
has promised more firm water than Lakes Travis and Buchanan
have.)
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