San Antonio Approves Historic Water Project
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio City Council on Thursday unanimously voted in front of a packed chamber to approve a controversial pipeline that would bring in groundwater from 142 miles away. The $3.4 billion project would pipe in 16 billion gallons of water each year from Central Texas' Burleson County.
Known as the Vista Ridge pipeline, the project was pushed by the city's water utility as the best way to shore up a long-term water supply for San Antonio beyond the dwindling Edwards Aquifer, after decades of failed attempts. For more than 30 years, each mayor of the ...
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Jim Vance
Sleazebag insiders have ruled local political system decisions in Texas for generations, and San Antonio is among the cities where that syndrome has been most pronounced -- it certainly appears from this sweetheart charade there is no change imminent in the 21st Century.
margarita maldonado
SAWS makes no money on conservation. They need big capital projects to bring in the funds. Just like CPS Energy. This is like the expansion of the South Texas Nuclear Project. I bet there was a lot that wasn't disclosed and that over time things will start to unravel. Of course, by then the city will have thrown a lot of ratepayer money at the project--money that we won't be able to get back--AND they'll raise rates anyway, again.
Curtis
Thank you Tribune for printing the most important piece of information now for citizens to fight this with -- we have 30 months to undo this contract and have SAWS walk away with little penalty.
A rural-urban alliance of people along the 142-mile pipeline route is in the formation stages.
You can contact us at StopWaterGrab.org where you can also sign our letter to the San Antonio City Council.
Vista Ridge will not stand IF we stand together.