Events
April 13, 2009
Water 2.0: New Ideas for a Secure Water Future
We’re entering a new era-an era in which our pressing natural resource issues will require pioneering technical and societal innovations. As the competing demands on our water supply intensify, business as usual, based on old-school methodologies, is not an option. Creativity and ingenuity will be needed to assure a water supply that meets human needs and sustains a healthy, natural environment.
March 30, 2009
GBRA Board of Director’s Meeting 4/15/09
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA)
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
GBRA River Annex, 905 Nolan, Seguin, Texas
March 19, 2009
Cancelled: GBRA - SARA Joint Board Meeting 3/25
Joint Meeting of the Boards of Directors of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the San Antonio River Authority. “Linking Freshwater Inflows and Marsh Community Dynamics in San Antonio Bay to Whooping Cranes”
3/25/09
1:30pm
GBRA, Seguin
February 18, 2009
GBRA Board of Director’s Meeting 3/18/09
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA)
Board of Director’s Meeting
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009, 10am
GBRA River Annex, 905 Nolan, Seguin, Texas
February 17, 2009
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009, 10am
GBRA River Annex, 905 Nolan, Seguin
February 17, 2009
Texas Water Symposium Meeting
March 12, 2009
Schreiner University
Cailloux Campus Activity Center
Kerrville, TX
October 15, 2008
Victoria Rotary Club: Jim Blackburn and John Figer of TSEPA
Tuesday, October 21, Noon
Victoria Country Club
14 Spring Creek Rd
Victoria, TX 77904 (Map)
August 07, 2008
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News & Events
Nuclear plant proponents overlook drought’s realityTwo recent Express-News articles were highly predictive of South Texas’s future: “This dry spell may be the drought of record” and “Energy giant wants to keep Guadalupe River water rights.” The two highlight the relationship between nuclear power and water.
Global warming studies predict South Texas will experience longer and more severe droughts.
The future is here and its reality is staring us in the face.
Paper water rights deceptiveCentral Texas is experiencing one of the worst natural droughts of the last 50 years. It’s dry and we all know it - we feel it. And during such times, it makes a lot of sense to seriously question our state and local water policies. When it rains, we have enough for all of our dreams. It is when we are dry that reality appears.
TSEPA: GBRA Sells Guadalupe Water Rights to Exelon Amidst Basin-Wide DroughtVICTORIA, TX - Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance (TSEPA) today questioned the logic of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority’s (GBRA) decision to extend its water reservation agreement with Exelon while simultaneously requesting others to conserve.
With the Guadalupe River Basin experiencing Stage 2 drought conditions, GBRA encouraged all users to limit their water usage. Additionally, GBRA was forced to increase the release rate from Canyon Lake into the Guadalupe River in order to meet the current water supply demands for its downstream user, the City of Victoria. At the same time, GBRA accepted $1.1 million from Exelon to reserve 75,000 acre-feet from the Guadalupe for its proposed nuclear power plant near Victoria.