Recently, I saw a phrase on a t-shirt: Save it, Don’t Pave it! (https://aquiferalliance.org). The Aquifer Alliance is attempting to raise awareness of how detrimental concrete can be to the Edwards Aquifer. We here in Gillespie County need your help with our own aquifer, the Ellenburger Aquifer, which provides most of the drinking water for…
A watershed is a system, land that drains rain and melting snow to creeks and then rivers and eventually, the ocean. Most of us here in Gillespie County live in the Pedernales River Watershed. Near the headwaters of the Pedernales are two areas of land where water drains to a creek and each land area…
The Water Cycle When it rains, runoff is the water that does not soak into the ground; it is the water that runs downhill, into the manmade drainage systems. It is the water that runs to the creeks and rivers to the oceans. It is the water that is not soaked into the earth, and…