Call NOW on water legislation, asks SAWDF: We have an emergency!

Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund: Andy Wier, Executive Director

Just in from our friends at SAWDF!!!

Friends:

We have an emergency!   

We need you to call now on water legislation TONIGHT or very early in the am to Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Members regarding Committee Substitute for HB 2080 and regarding HB 1523 (Gerdes)

You saved HB 1633 (protection for exempt wells) from the "ugly amendment" with your calls --- HB 1633 comes up on the Senate floor on Monday and hopefully will be on its way to the Governor.

But the "ugly amendment" has found a new home on HB 2080, pending in the Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, TOMORROW AT 7 AM. 

Don't worry about what original HB 2080 pertains to --- we simply want to keep the original 2080 from being substituted in Committee tomorrow morning, using the ugly amendment. 

We need calls to Senate WARA members overnight and by 6:30 AM. 

We would appreciate you adding HB 1523 to your call --- read all the way to the bottom below.

Here's what to say on each call about HB 2080 (committee members and numbers below):

"Please reject any committee substitute to HB 2080. The substitute is unrelated to the subject matter of HB 2080 and undermines efforts to protect groundwater. It sets a bad precedent from now on.  

It's the same bad precedent that putting the amendment on HB 1633 would have set, and that so many rural well owners called you about two weeks ago. Thank you for rejecting it then, and please PROTECT US AGAIN and REJECT ANY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HB 2080."

Senator Perry doesn't want oral or written testimony on bills, so calls are all we have.

You can help with one more thing --- when you call add this:

"I support HB 1523 to protect the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer from possible contamination."

HB 1523 is Rep. Gerdes's bill to put some guardrails on any proposed aquifer storage and recovery project in either Bastrop or Lee counties. We're asking you to trust us on this one --- SAWDF has worked hard to make this bill as good as possible. It's important and we will 'splain later!

Please call before 6:30 AM on May 23:

Senator Charles Perry (Chair)                                     

Phone: (512) 463-0128

Senator Kelly Hancock (Vice Chair)                        

Phone: (512) 463-0109 

Senator Brian Birdwell                                   

Phone: (512) 463-0122

Senator César Blanco                                                    

Phone: (512) 463-0129      

Senator Roland Gutierrez                                             

Phone: (512) 463-0119

Senator Adam Hinojosa                                  

Phone: (512) 463-0127

Senator Nathan Johnson                              

Phone: (512) 463-0116

Senator Lois Kolkhorst                                    

Phone: (512) 463-0118 

Senator Kevin Sparks                                    

Phone: (512) 463-0131

Thank you for all your support.

Andrew Wier, Executive DirectorSimsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund [SAWDF]awier.tx@gmail.com512-545-4779 voice/text

www.simsborowaterdefensefund.org