The Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District is gearing up to expand its monitor well reach and further its regionalized hydrologic data collection in an effort to support additional county regulation.
There has been an ongoing push from the Kendall County commissioners, notably Precinct 2 Commissioner Richard Elkins, to better understand the impact development has on water quality and availability in the county after legislation to control population density died in the state legislature last year. The legislation was aimed at protecting vital resources in the county, including water, but if failed after pushback from development lobbyists spoke before a congressional committee.
The proposed legislation aimed at increasing Kendall County’s control of development in unincorporated areas of the Hill Country – which was submitted by State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, and spearheaded by Elkins and the other county commissioners – was shot down by a 5-4 vote in the Land and Resource Management Committee in April 2021.
