🎉 We're celebrating 30 years of our agency and reflecting on the many ways water connects us.
💧 Water connects us to our communities, the places we love, and the natural beauty of South-Central Texas.

🏞️ What's your favorite water-inspired place? Is it...

... 💦 A spring?
🌳 A favorite park?
🎣 A fishing spot?

🏞️ Somewhere that holds special memories?

Share your answer below and celebrate 30 years of protecting one of Texas' most valuable natural resources.

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Aquifer Conditions Continue to Improve: EAA Lifts Stage 4 and Returns to Stage 3 Permit Reductions for the Uvalde Pool

San Antonio, TX – The Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) has declared the lifting of Stage 4 and a return to Stage 3 Critical Period Management pumping curtailments for ...Edwards Aquifer withdrawal permit holders in the Uvalde Pool of the EAA’s jurisdiction (Uvalde County) based on improved aquifer conditions. Effective Tuesday, July 21, 2026, aquifer conditions were such that for the first time since March 2024, the Uvalde Pool is out of Stage 4. Yesterday, the ten-day average at the J-27 index was 842.5 feet above mean sea level (ft. amsl), which is above the Stage 4 threshold and within the Stage 3 range of the EAA Critical Period Management Plan (CPM).

As shown below, CPM Stage 3 for the Uvalde Pool reduces the annual authorized withdrawal amounts available to affected Edwards groundwater permit holders by 20 percent based on the number of days CPM is in effect for the indicated stage reduction. These reductions apply to all Edwards Aquifer groundwater permit holders authorized to pump more than three acre-feet annually. This includes industrial and agricultural users, as well as water utilities authorized to pump water from the Edwards Aquifer for delivery to their respective customers. All affected permit holders must also report their pumping totals during any stage of CPM reductions to the EAA on a monthly basis.

Residents and businesses within Uvalde County who receive their water from a public water system should follow their respective water providers’ directives regarding water use practices. It should be noted that the EAA does not enforce lawn watering activities or other general water limitations beyond the curtailment of withdrawals from the Edwards Aquifer. Any enforcement of such activities or limitations is enforced by a municipality. The EAA does not regulate the general public but instead regulates Edwards well owners with withdrawal permits authorizing their right to pump from the aquifer.

The EAA is a groundwater conservation district that manages, enhances and protects the Edwards Aquifer, a major groundwater system serving approximately two-and-one-half million South Central Texans. The EAA jurisdiction spans across 8 counties including Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, and parts of Atascosa, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Comal and Hays counties.

For more information, please visit www.edwardsaquifer.org

Water connects generations. From ranching and farming to family traditions and recreation, water has helped shape life in South-Central Texas for generations.

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📚 Education helps build the next generation of groundwater guardians. Learning about the Edwards Aquifer creates stronger connections to this shared resource.

That’s why our EOC is your aquifer education destination, free and open to the public, and the place to be to learn all about ...the journey of water in South-Central Texas.

Start the adventure today at the EOC! Go to www.eaaeoc.org to schedule a FREE visit! Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm

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Official statement from the Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) regarding the Seco Creek Sinkhole Gate:

Since 2023, the Seco Creek Sinkhole diversion channel, in Medina County, has had a gate which was installed to ensure regulatory compliance with the state of Texas’ surface water laws. ...Specifically, the gate enables the EAA to control the diversion of water to the sinkhole in compliance with the terms of a state-issued permit that authorizes surface water flows in the Seco Creek to be intentionally diverted to the Seco Sinkhole via a manmade channel for enhanced recharge to the Edwards Aquifer. The manmade channel was established through the agency’s predecessor, the Edwards Aquifer Underground Water District (EUWD), and in 2022-2023 the EAA went through a process with the State to update diversion permits for each of its four recharge structures to accurately reflect historic recharge to the aquifer caused by these structures and to ensure continuing compliance.

The gate remains closed for two reasons: 1) to generally protect the quality of water entering the aquifer, allowing first-flush stormwater flows in the creek to bypass the sinkhole, thus reducing the risk of pollutants entering the sinkhole; and 2) to specifically comply with the State’s injection permit conditions, which require the gate remain closed until applicable criteria are developed that will clearly define water quality standards for stormwater that will flow into the diversion channel, into the sinkhole, and then the aquifer itself.

In its closed position, the gate mimics the natural flow of stormwater prior to there being a manmade diversion channel from the creek to the sinkhole. The closed gate restrains but does not completely prevent water from entering the sinkhole.

💧EAA NewsDrop💧⬇ DYK? The EAA has a First Responders Mapping Program (FRMP) that helps emergency responders better manage and contain firewater runoff before it reaches sensitive environmental areas.

Read about it in our latest issue where you can catch up with past EAA interns, ...learn about how we collaborate with local leaders, see how the Edwards Aquifer Refugia Program (EARP) has been going strong, and updates from the EAA Education Outreach Center and the Edwards Aquifer Conservancy!

NewsDrop-July-August-2026

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