A Hill Country advocacy group has filed a complaint against utility company Aqua Texas, asking the state’s Public Utility Commission to revoke the company’s ability to operate in the Wimberley area until it can stop overpumping its permits. The complaint, filed by the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association, or
Fined for overpumping, Aqua Texas responds by suing water district Last April, the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, which issues permits to well owners in that area, fined Aqua Texas $448,710 for pumping more than it permitted in 2022.
, a nonprofit group that advocates for groundwater protection, to get involved, chairman Jim Blackburn said. Previously, the association has worked to stop a controversial groundwater permit in Hays County and filed suit when a Kinder Morgan pipeline spilled drilling fluid underground into the aquifer.