The Cross Section, Volume 19, Number 9, September 1973 Page: 1
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September, 1973Board Of Directors Tour
San Antonio Water Districtsby F. A. Rayner
Four members of the Board of
Directors of the High Plains Under-
ground Water Conservation District
No. 1 recently travelled to San An-
tonio (August 23 and 24) to tour the
Edwards Underground Water District
and the San Antonio Water Board.
Colonel M. D. Weinert, General Man-
ager of the Water District, and Bob
Van Dyke, General Manager of the
Board, arranged the tours.
Board members making the two-
day tour were Chester Mitchell, Presi-
dent; Ray Kitten, Secretary-Treasurer;
Selmer Schoenrock, Member, and
Webb Gober, Member.
Directors View Film
While visiting the Edwards Water
District, the Directors viewed a 14-
minute color film of various aspects
of the groundwater reservoir (Edwards
Aquifer), entitled "The Edwards
Story". After explaining the manage-
ment and financing structures, Colonel
Weinert took the Directors on a field
tour of a part of the Edwards District.
Their first stop on the field tour
was the site of a large flowing well atCOVERED
ABANDONED WELL
HOLES ARE
ATTRACTIVE ~
NUSANCES
tIFort Sam Houston. This well was
drilled in 1912 (see picture on page
2).
The group also visited Medina
Lake. This lake, completed in 1913
as a water supply for downstream ir-
rigation, was constructed over the
faulted and porous recharge area of
the Edwards Limestone, and, conse-
quently, the lake is one of the major
recharge points to the Edwards Aqui-
fer. (See photograph on page 2).
The Edwards Aquifer, Weinert
summed up, is 165 miles long, 500
feet thick and five to 15 miles wide.
The Edwards District was created
by a special act of the Texas Legisla-
ture in 1959. In conformance with
the limitations imposed by its creating
law, the Edwards District's major con-
cern has been with artificially re-
charging and protecting the quality
of Edwards Aquifer. Since 1968, the
Edwards District has expended over
$821,000 for artificial recharge stud-
ies and construction of recharge facil-
ities. Presently under consideration is
an additional recharge dam expected
to cost in excess of $200,000.
-continued on page 2o... BOARDr
CHILDREN,FASCINATED
WITH THEIR FIND, ARE
NOT AWARE OF THErr
Webb Gober, Chester Mitchell, Ray Kitten and Selmer Schoenrock pause in front
of the San Antonio Water Board facilities following a tour of the Edwards Under-
ground Water District and the San Antonio Water Board.
WATER COUNCIL TO MEET IN LUBBOCKCAP THOSE ABANDONED
WELLS BEFORE IrS
too lat.'- A
ing At the request of Lieutenant Gov-
o ernor William P. Hobby, and spon-
re- sored by Senator Tom Creighton, D-
lity Mineral Wells, and Senator Max
the Sherman, D-Amarillo, a resolution
ver creating special interim advisory
ud- councils on water matters was adopted
cii- by the Texas Senate in August, 1973.
n is The Senate resolution provides for
:ted the establishing of four regional ad-
visory councils, representing four dis-
tinctly unique parts of Texas, respon-
- sible for determining what their indi-
vidual regions must do to solve their
individual water problems. Each
council consists of two to-three Sena-
tors and seven to thirteen other resi-
dents of their respective areas.
The West Texas Council, sched-
uled to meet in Lubbock at the mu-
seum on the Texas Tech campus, Oc-
tober 3 at 10 a.m., consists of two
Senators and 13 area residents. Sen-
ator Jack Hightower, D-Vernon, will
chair the council and Senator H. J.
Blanchard, D-Lubbock, will serve as
Vice-Chairman.
Citizen members are James A.
Hedgecoke, Jr., Amarillo; K. Bert
Watson, Amarillo; Troy McNeil, Du-
mas; John P. Ivey, El Paso; A. L.
Black, Friona; Dr. Marvin Baker,
Levelland; Kent Hance, Lubbock;
George W. McCleskey, Lubbock;
James B. McCray, Panhandle; Mar-
shall Formby, Plainview; Charles W.
Stewart, San Angelo; Mrs. B. M.
Sims, Wellington, and R. E. Cham-
bers, Wichita Falls.
The resolution reads as follows:
WHEREAS, The continuation of
present trends would result in the
dangerous depletion of the level of
ground water in certain portions of
the state; andfit
Evelyn Darling hands out brochures dealing with the District's abandoned irri-
gation well program. The display and pamphlet were a part of the District's
participation in the Panhandle South Plains Fair, September 22-29. (See story
on page 3.)WHEREAS, This depletion endan-
gers the social and economic well-be-
ing of the state by reducing water
available for irrigation of agricultural
land and by causing subsidence of
large portions of the land; and
WHEREAS, Various state agencies
and other interested parties have
funds and expertise available that can
be utilized by local governments and
private parties to slow down the de-
pletion of the ground water tables;
and
WHEREAS, These local govern-
ments and private parties are not al-
ways aware of the available funds and
expertise of these state bodies; and
WHEREAS, The Senate of the
State of Texas has available the re-
sources of the staff of the Natural Re-
sources Committee; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate here-
by charges the Lieutenant Governor
to appoint the members of the follow-
ing entities:
The West Texas Citizens' Advis-
ory Council on Water Resources;
The Central Texas Citizens' Ad-
visory Council on Water Re-
sources;
The East Texas Citizens' Advis-
ory Council on Water Resources;
and
The Gulf Coast Citizens' Advis-
ory Council on Water Resources;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the members of
the Senate Natural Resources Com-
mittee shall meet with the Citizens'
Advisory Councils established herein
to determine the specific water needs
of the four separate sections of the
state; and be it further
-continued on page 3 .. . WATER1
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