With no end in sight for the development boom hitting Boerne and Kendall County, a countywide water committee is looking to long-term supply solutions, including controversial Edwards Aquifer water.
While the Kendall County Water Committee has focused on conservation solutions to preserve and further existing water supply sources, the committee set its sights on identifying long-term supply solutions for a booming population during a meeting last week.
“During a time of drought, it’s probably the most opportune time to talk about water and the reality of water and the reality of supply and a firm supply that we’re going to have going into the future,” committee member Tommy Mathews said. “For the people that are here now and whatever growth is determined to happen, whether it’s managed growth or uncontrolled growth. I’ve got strong opinions about that. But it’s our job to make sure the water resources are identified. And if we don’t have them identified, what are the mechanisms and studies that need to be done to accomplish that form a technical standpoint?”
