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Water Restrictions


Last Update: 6/24 4:03 pm
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With all this talk about water restrictions and aquifer levels, it can really get confusing.

Year Round
Year round restrictions are in effect when the Aquifer level is above 660 feet mean sea level at the monitored well.

Stage 1
Stage One Alert begins when the Aquifer level reaches 660 feet mean sea level at the monitored well.

Stage 2
Stage Two Alert begins when the Aquifer level reaches 650 feet mean sea level at the monitored well.

Stage 3
Stage Three Alert begins when the Aquifer level reaches 640 feet mean sea level at the monitored well.

Stage 4
Stage Four restrictions may be declared at the discretion of the City Manager upon completion of a 30-day monitoring period following Stage Three declaration.

(From SAWS)


Featured Comments
CLlandowner - 6/22/2009 6:36 PM
if you think there's enough water in the Edward Aquifer to flood San Antonio, you'd better wake up!!! Somebody better start paying attention to little signs that the aquifer is going dry -- like the springs upstream from Canyon Lake have stopped flowing (they flow from the aquifer) AND the fact that the Guadalupe River has stopped running (see blog at http://canyonlakehappenings.blogspot.com/) -- I took those photos myself 3 days ago.... if the river that fills Canyon Lake has stopped running, and San Antonio gets the majority of its water via SAWS, from the Lake, where do you think your water is going to keep coming from?????? WAKE UP!!!!
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