Well owners and groundwater users across Hays County are invited to a Groundwater Workshop on Wednesday, April 19 from 11-1 at the Wimberley Community Center in the Blanco Room.
Presentations will include information on troubleshooting tips and tricks for water supply wells during drought, interpreting data from area springs and groundwater monitoring sites and drought and groundwater management. This workshop is part of the Cypress Creek Project aimed at helping to protect water quality and water quantity in the Wimberley Valley. Speakers include Robin Gary of The Watershed Association, Charlie Flatten of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, Marcus Gary of the Edwards Aquifer Authority and Jenna Walker of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment.
After the workshop, staff will be available to screen well samples for conductivity (which can estimate total dissolved solids) and to help search for drillers reports online (useful information in well completion).
If interested in the water screening, participants can fill a clean bottle with water from the closest water faucet to the well head. Rinse and reuse a plastic water bottle. This is just a ballpark estimate of conductivity. Together with well location and well construction, conductivity is a helpful tool to estimate the well’s primary aquifer.
If interested in locating a drillers log, participants are encouraged to investigate the original house and/or well owner’s last name (often shown on County appraisal records under the History section: esearch.hayscad.
com).
The workshop is limited to 45 participants due to the room capacity.
The Watershed Association is using Eventbrite to track sign-ups. RSVP at eventbrite. com/e/groundwater-workshop-ticke ts-609769164987 to reserve your spot at the Groundwater Workshop. The RSVP includes a few questions to help hosts identify topics of interest, so speakers can try to answer them during presentations.
Let Robin Gary (robingary@ wimberleywatershed. org) know if your RSVP status has changed to free up space for others.
