The Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) declares Stage 4 Critical Period Management permit reductions

7/24/2023

07-24-2023  Press release by the Edwards Aquifer Authority 

San Antonio, TX – The Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) declares Stage 4 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 retroactively on Friday July 21, 2023. It was officially confirmed that that the ten-day rolling average at the J-17 index well was 629.7 feet above mean sea level (amsl), and the Comal Springs was at 99 cubic feet per second (cfs). Therefore, the EAA formally declares Stage 4 permit reductions retroactively on Friday July 21, 2023.

The last time the EAA declared Stage 4 permit reductions for the San Antonio Pool was effective on October 8, 2022, when the Comal Springs ten-day rolling average was at 99 cubic feet per second (cfs).