Agua

The in class presentation pretaining to the Edwards Aquifer was very informing to one who may not really understand whats good and whats bad about the aquifer we all live off of today. The presentation informed us of what our aquifer is made of and how it alows water in and out each rain. Though the limestone walls are good at times, everything that seeps off the roads seems to seep into our water as well. What i personaly most interesting and shocking was the many places that are being built right over our aquifer alowing for very little drainage, due to the cement and un-natural sources builders use when building. As the landscape of the Recharge and Contributing Zones of the aquifer change from ranchland to urban development, the number of potential contaminant sources is now increasing. These are reasons agua stresses to preserve our community's healthy environment and economy by keeping up well with land management. Some of the things we would need to manage would be to reduce deadly downstream flooding, minimize the need for costly drainage projects, and redirect economic development to other parts of our city. The State of Texas has ranked our Edwards Aquifer as the most vunerable to contamination. Water enters the aquifer on the recharge zone without filteration. Whatever goes into our aquifer is what we drink. I was informed that the aquifer in which we all obtain our water catches rainfall and channels it down streambeads into the recharge zone where it enters through caves, creek beds, faults, and fractures. There is another part of the aquifer called the transition zone which is less sensitive then the recharge area, but is also vunerable to contamiation. The fact that so many times our aquifer is put on the back burner and built over has really shocked me, after viewing the presentation by Agua I have become much more aware of the faults that lie in our contruction each day. I plan to do my part and continue to try and keep our water clean.