DRIPPING SPRINGS BABBLE: HAYS COUNTY GROUNDWATER DEBATE FOLLOW-UP

HAYS COUNTY GROUNDWATER DEBATE FOLLOW-UP

Earlier this month, Hays County held a public meeting here in Dripping to discuss groundwater availability's impact on the lot size of future subdivision developments. At times during that meeting, things got as heated a boiling water. Wars have been waged over water and, on an international scale, some believe water will be the "new oil", a precious commodity and powerful political force. Some around here think there is plenty of water and, particularly, if we just cut down the cedar, there would be no more water shortage. Others, who live on property with no cedar and whose wells have run dry, beg to differ.

The idea underlying lot size minimums for future subdivision developments is that larger lots space out the wells for individual residential lots served by well water. Hays Trinity Groundwater District runs worse case scenarios and devises suitable lot sizes based on those scenarios. Hays County uses the Groundwater District as an advisory body, but the County is ultimately responsible for adopting the rules.

The City's Jon Thompson has let us know that the whether and the what for these lot sizes will be on the table Tuesday morning, March 24, at 9:00AM, as the County will be having a public hearing at the County Courthouse in San Marcos to discuss, and possibly take action on, the new subdivision rules that could impact minimum lot size in Hays County.