Thursday, December 27, 2012

Comfort grappling with water issues - Cypress Creek dam envisioned for town

Texas Water Lawyer & Texas Water Rights Attorney Trey Wilson wrote:

COMFORT — Emmanuel Flatten says a dam on Cypress Creek upstream from this growing Kendall County town would address its two serious water problems: repeated flooding and a dependence on groundwater.

“This needs to happen, and it has to be a regional effort,” said Flatten, head of the Comfort Floodplain Coalition formed in February.

Since then, seven government entities in surrounding counties have established a planning group to examine regional water issues, including future supply concerns in the Comfort area. Toward that end, Kerr County Commissioners voted last week to seek $34,700 from the Texas Water Development Board to examine the feasibility of a regional water system in eastern Kerr County.


Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Cypress-Creek-dam-envisioned-for-town-with-major-4147319.php#ixzz2GGPXbfMt

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Trey Wilson: Texas Water Lawyer -- Texas Groundwater Permit and Water Rights Attorney

Trey Wilson: Texas Water Lawyer -- Texas Groundwater Permit and Water Rights Attorney
Trey Wilson -- Texas Water Lawyer, Groundwater Permit and Water Rights Attorney