Even in widespread drought, how is it that San Antonio is not facing a water crisis?...
Protecting the endangered Texas Blind Salamander led to protecting the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio’s most important water source.Summer blasted in much earlier than normal this year, as San Antonio recorded the hottest May, June and July on record. Making matters worse, the weather pattern La Niña has limited rainfall since fall 2020, bringing significant drought to the western United States. As of July 7, 84 percent of the region was in some form of drought.
Lawsuits followed, and in 1993 U.S. District Judge Lucius Bunton announced the Texas Legislature had to enact a regulatory plan to limit withdrawals from the Edwards Aquifer or he would do so, effectively putting the federal government in charge of the city’s only source of drinking water. In 2005 and again in 2014, on the recommendation from SAWS, the city of San Antonio passed significant conservation ordinances that reduced the per-person, per-day water use from a high of 225 gallons in the mid-1980s to 111 gallons in 2021.
Should aquifer levels continue to fall, we can rely on our other sources, including the Regional Carrizo Project , desalination plant and Vista Ridge pipeline , to ensure we have ample supplies and stave off harsher watering rules. Not to mention, we have a water savings account called Aquifer Storage and Recovery in which we bank excess water during rainy times in an underground aquifer and withdraw it during dry periods. There is enough stored water to last San Antonio more than nine months.
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