Other Edwards Aquifer Resources

Here are some links to other sites providing information on the Edwards Aquifer:

• Aquifer Guardians In Urban Areas (AGUA)
  AGUA is San Antonio's most effective environmental action organization.  They use use law, science, and the support of volunteers and online activists to protect the Edwards Aquifer.

• Edwards Aquifer Authority
  Homepage of the agency charged with managing, conserving, preserving, and protecting the Aquifer, increasing recharge, and preventing waste. 

• Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center
  Homepage of the agency established in 1979 to provide a public service in the study, understanding, and use of the Edwards Aquifer.  Online databases, descriptions of current research.

• Edwards Aquifer info in the Geology Dept. library at UT Austin
  Index to guidebooks, maps, research reports on the Edwards Aquifer.

• Caves:  A Window Into the Edwards Aquifer
  A really cool look at Edwards Aquifer caves by the Environmental Science Institute at the University of Texas.

• San Antonio Water System Aquifer Stats
  A good place to retrieve historical springflow and San Antonio pumpage data.

• Aquifers of Texas - and other maps by the Texas Water Development Board
  Adobe Acrobat files on all the major and minor aquifers of Texas.

• Edwards Aquifer info from the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin
  Results of studies performed by the Bureau for the Edwards Aquifer Authority.  Recently completed quantitative and interpretive assessment of the three-dimensional distribution of porosity and permeability.

• Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust
  A nonprofit land trust organization that was developed to conserve land in the Guadalupe River Watershed for its natural, recreational, scenic, historic and productive value.

• Texas Water Resources Institute TEXAS WATER NET
  Features a Water Experts Directory, abstracts of TWRI technical reports, online newsletters, and a list of upcoming meetings and conferences.

• U. S. Geological Survey Edwards Aquifer Online Resources
  Online databases and reference material, descriptions of USGS programs.

• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
  Homepage of the agency charged with protecting Texas' environment in the areas of Air, Water, and Waste.

• TCEQ's Edwards Aquifer Protection Page
  TCEQ'S page dealing specifically with protection of the Edwards Aquifer.

• TCEQ's Edwards Aquifer Map Viewer
  Online interactive map to determine what zone you are in.

• The Headwaters Coalition
  A non-profit, sponsored ministry dedicated to spreading an ecological ethic and protecting one of the last undeveloped forests in San Antonio, 53 acres adjoining Olmos Creek, including the Blue Hole.

• United States Geological Survey Homepage
  The USGS is the nation's largest earth-science research and information agency.

• USGS Water Resources Information
  Publications, data, maps, and applications software related to water resources. Retrieve historical streamflow data and see realtime streamflow conditions.

• USGS Karst Website
  A new USGS site that presents a collection of information and links about ‘all things karst’ in the U.S. Includes research publications, data, and key contacts for major karst areas in the U.S.