Edwards Aquifer

San Antonio Pool:

 

Recent storms and flooding in Texas have benefitted the Edwards Aquifer.  The J-17 Well elevation continues to increase and is above the Stage 1 trigger and the historic average elevation.  The Edwards Aquifer Authority announced that all pumping restrictions for the San Antonio Pool were lifted effective May 30, 2015. With the historical trend suggesting a decline in well elevation, will the storms that have continued to pummel the region through the month of June build water levels enough to avoid a return to pumping restrictions?

 

Uvalde Pool:

The elevation of the J-27 Well has increased dramatically ending May approximately at the Stage 5 trigger level.  A few days into June the Edwards Aquifer Authority announced the expiration of Stage 5 restrictions, which had been in place since March 2014 and followed that with lifting Stage 4 restrictions June 8, 2015.  Will the storms build elevation enough to bring the Uvalde Pool out of pumping restrictions this summer?