Even though the Texas Legislature passed high-profile bills to protect the state’s threatened water supply this session, officials with the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA) said other significant water-related proposals died as culture war debates consumed lawmakers’ time. The legislative clock ran out on at least nine major water-protection measures that had already received committee approval, according to an analysis by the GEAA, which represents water users’ interests in 21 counties overlying the Edwards and Trinity aquifers. The Edwards Aquifer is San Antonio’s primary source of drinking water.
