Press Release
San Antonio, TX – The Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) declares a decrease to Stage 3 Critical Period Management permit reductions for counties under the purview of the Edwards Aquifer Authority – including Atascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, and Medina counties within the San Antonio Pool effective yesterday, Wednesday, October 26, 2022. At the beginning of this month, the San Antonio Pool was in Stage 4 effective Saturday, October 8, 2022.
Yesterday it was confirmed that the daily mean springflow for the previous day at Comal Springs was 111 cubic feet per second (cfs). The daily mean springflow has resulted in a ten-day rolling average at Comal Springs of 100 cfs which is above the threshold for Stage 4 within the San Antonio Pool, but still within the threshold for Stage 3. Additionally, the ten-day rolling average for water levels at the J-17 index well was 632.2 feet above mean sea level (ft msl) on October 26, 2022, which is above the threshold for Stage 4 for the San Antonio Pool. Hence, the EAA formally declares a decrease to Stage 3 permit reductions.
