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SAWS rebuffs developer

Jerry Needham - San Antonio Express-News  
12/o5/o7

Taking a rare stand against a developer to protect a pristine watershed that drains into the Edwards Aquifer, trustees of the San Antonio Water System unanimously rejected an agreement Tuesday to provide water to a planned subdivision in the remote hills northwest of the city.

Baruch Properties wanted water for the Hills of Castle Rock, a 1,766-acre property near Texas 16 and Park Road 37 in Medina County. The nearest SAWS water main is 7.5 miles away. 

the rest of the front-page banner-headline story:   
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/MYSA120507_01A_saws_6b1b6146_html9163.html

KENS-5 video: "SAWS denies service to Medina County development," 12/04/07:   

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/MYSA120507_01A_saws_6b1b6146_html9163.html?c=y&showRelatedVideo=y

City Council turns away huge developer proposal

Guillermo X. Garcia - San Antonio Express-News  
04/18/08

The city Thursday emphatically rejected a request for water and sewer service because of concerns that hundreds of thousands of gallons of treated sewage water from a proposed high-end development northwest of town might leak into San Antonio's main source of drinking water.

A company called BP 1766 San Antonio Ltd. had sought to build 3,500 homes that would each have sold for between $250,000 and $2 million. The development, to be called the Hills of Castle Rock, would occupy 1,766 acres in Medina and Bandera counties. 

the rest of the story:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/MYSA041808_08B_council_369811a_html2616.html
 
Battle lines drawn over sewage plant

Jerry Needham - San Antonio Express-News  
07/22/08

A state administrative law judge said Tuesday he’s aiming for early December for an evidentiary hearing on an application for a sewage treatment plant for a proposed subdivision that would dump into a creek that drains into the Edwards Aquifer.

Developers of the proposed Hills of Castle Rock, a 1,766-acre tract in Medina County near the Bexar County line, have applied for a permit to discharge an average of 225,000 gallons of treated wastewater each day into a tributary of San Geronimo Creek.

the rest of the story:   
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Battle_lines_drawn_over_sewage_plant.html   

Alliance fighting aquifer pumping

Anton Caputo - San Antonio Express-News  
12/07/08 

The battle over plans to bring as many as 3,000 homes to a sparsely populated corner of the Hill Country in Medina County opens a new front Monday.

At issue is the desire by developer Baruch Properties to pull roughly 560 million gallons of water a year from the Trinity Aquifer for its Hills of Castle Rock subdivision.

the rest of the story:*   
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/Alliance_fighting_aquifer_pumping.html

*Note:  In "comments" at the end of the story the most recent is always at the top.  The remark of "ohcomeon" was posted at 10:52 p.m. Sun., Dec. 7, and Mr. Hannah responded to it at 8:21 p.m. Mon., Dec. 8.

Bills are vital to protect aquifer

Camille White, SGVA Coordinator - Special to the San Antonio Express-News 
04/24/09

We members of the San Geronimo Valley Alliance are puzzled about why the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Water System are not yet supporting House Bill 595 and Senate Bill 822. Bexar County recently and unobtrusively passed a resolution of support.

HB 595, authored by Rep. David Leibowitz, and its Senate companion, SB 822, introduced by Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, would prohibit discharge of treated sewage effluent into the contributing and recharge zones of the San Antonio and Barton Springs segments of the Edwards Aquifer. Both lawmakers represent San Antonio in the Texas Legislature.

the rest of the story:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/Bills_are_vital_to_protect_aquifer.html

Revamped subdivision cheered

Zeke MacCormack - San Antonio Express-News    
02/25/10

A Plano developer has dropped plans for a high-density subdivision of 3,000 or more homes west of Helotes -- served by a proposed sewage treatment plant -- that some decried as an environmental nightmare.

Instead, the revamped Hills of Castle Rock will have no more than 550 homes on the 1,766-acre parcel, all served by septic systems, with at least 700 acres of green space.

the rest of the story:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/Revamped_plan_for_Hills_of_Castle_Rock_cheered.html

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