Vista Ridge down the drain! HB 29 Speaker Priority bill. Congrats McKee, SAWDF, & Rep. Gerdes! Action, y'all.
- LIV
- Mar 30
- 2 min read
LIV congratulates Lee County landowner Nancy McKee, Andy Wier of Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund, Rep. Stan Gerdes, and House Speaker Burrows for House Bill 29. HB 29, the "water loss" bill, is now a Speaker priority!
Keep reading to see what Ted Boriak of the Water Protection Association of Gonzales County says about it. And get ready for some water action, y'all.
LIV supports all legislation backed by SAWDF SEEN HERE.
On March 10, Andy Wier, Executive Director of Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund also shared these materials on water legislation. Here is a flier And, here is the SAWDF slide show. This and more are all on our TX Lege Page HERE.
More ON HB 29 -- Texas Water Loss:
Water loss due to leaky pipes is HUGE. We wrote about it in 2023 here recognizing McKee's efforts. The worst offender is guess who? San Antonio Water System -- SAWS -- because they waste MORE water than they pump for Vista Ridge, out from underneath communities 142 miles from San Antonio. And, yes, they are hosing their own ratepayers by making them pay for this travesty.
Scroll to 32 minutes and 16 seconds to watch the testimony HB 29.
Thanks to Ted Boriak of the Water Protection Association of Gonzales County for saying the unsayable. Vista Ridge should be cut off until they stop wasting all of the water they're pumping from Vista Ridge!
This is not a provision in the bill. But the bill does, sensibly, insist that fines be used to directly pay for repairs not sent to the general fund.
Why don't you call your legislators and tell them to cut off Vista Ridge and get SAWS on a leash? As Boriak points out, that's the quickest way to get some action.
Make sure you read our other post on Land Contamination Warning HERE. And read all about it on our TX Lege page too.
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