A team from the Edwards Aquifer Authority gathers around a spring on the Dischinger-Brehmer Ranch in Comal County on April 29. The nearly 1,200-acre ranch is in the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone ...

The aquifer authority's move to Stage 3 this week was prompted when Comal Springs reached an average 100 cfs, but the drop to 99 cfs Thursday required a move back to Stage 4 just two days later.

When the 10-day average drops to 630 feet, the Edwards Aquifer Authority could, for the first time, declare Stage IV of its drought plan, triggering the 40 percent cut.

The largest portion of SAWS’s water supply comes from the Edwards Aquifer. In a year with no drought restrictions, SAWS can pump up to 256,372 acre-feet, or 83.6 billion gallons, from the aquifer.

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The Edwards Aquifer Authority entered Stage 4 drought restrictions Monday due to low spring flows in San Marcos. Even so, Alamo City residents concerned about their lawns don't need to panic about ...

There are about a dozen major aquifers in the state, the main ones in Central Texas being the Trinity Aquifer and the Edwards Aquifer. Water goes into the ground through caves, sinkholes and cracks.

The Edwards Aquifer diving beetle doesn't "warrant listing" as a threatened species, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 🪲 Credit: John and Kendra Abbott/Abbott Nature Photography ...

The Edwards Aquifer diving beetle lives in Hays and Comal counties, and it was not added to the list of endangered species by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.