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Didn't Edward Abbey write about those 
petroglyphs/pictographs in one of his books before Lake 
Powell was made? When I visited it was still high water, 
kind of a surreal, spooky place.

The aquifer has its own governmental authority, and its 
levels are frequently reported in the paper just like the 
weather. But as rural homesteaders, we are very concerned 
that San Antonio is trying to buy water rights in our 
area. It is one of the most populous cities in the U.S., 
and the only one of its size entirely dependent on an 
aquifer. We are also concerned that a golf course was 
built downstream from us two years ago. I'm sure you know 
how ridiculous it is to sustain one in the desert. They 
say they drilled down into a deeper aquifer known as the 
Glen Rose, but if that were the case the greens should be 
smelling like rotten eggs and dying from the sulfur unless 
they are conditioning it first in some way.

Overall, the aquifer suffers from rampant development 
throughout the Hill Country.  One of the disadvantages of 
our Senate District is politically we are in the same one 
as San Antonio.

--Sage




On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:02:22 -0800 (PST)
 bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sage , I just went back and read all of the pages at 
> Jacobs Well (I didn't notice the continuation before). 
> If that well is charged from the aquifer that you share, 
> what does that say about your future water supply?.. Who 
> do you talk to about such things?.  People back east 
> don't understand about the importance of water rights in 
> the desert west ....bobford
>
> p.s. I'll bet with the water low, you can see strange 
> stuff on the walls at JW.  When Lake Powell receded, 
> there was Indian stuff drawn on cliff walls no  one had 
> seen in decades.  Had always been under water
>
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