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Comal County hears broad warnings on severe drought, long-term supply plans from regional water agencies
Summary
Local water managers told Comal County commissioners and residents that the region is in a multiyear severe drought, outlined conservation and supply actions and described multi‑decade projects to increase firm water availability.
Comal County officials and water managers told the Commissioner's Court on Thursday that the county is enduring a multi‑year, severe drought and presented current conservation actions, near‑term curtailments and long‑range supply projects to improve resiliency.
The presentations, given during a workshop item, came from Daryl Nichols, general manager and CEO of the Guadalupe‑Blanco River Authority (GBRA); Larry Hall, president of the Comal‑Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; Andrea Williams of Texas Water Company; and Ryan Kelso, CEO of New Braunfels Utilities (NBU). Several residents also spoke during public comment about rapidly falling lake and spring levels.
Why it matters: County residents depend on a mix of surface water and groundwater. Agency leaders said recent years’ inflows to the watershed are among the lowest on record and explained how that is triggering mandatory curtailments, accelerating infrastructure work and prompting larger, costlier regional projects to secure firm water supplies.
GBRA said Canyon Reservoir (Canyon Lake) was fully allocated under permits that allow 90,000…
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