About
- About
  
  The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District is committed to conserving, protecting, recharging, and preventing waste of groundwater and preserving all aquifers in the District. The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District was created in 1987 with a directive to conserve, protect, and enhance the groundwater resources in its jurisdictional area.
Aquifer Science
- Aquifer Science
  
  BSEACD Aquifer Science team provides sound science to support policy and tactical decisions made by the District that affect water supply users and endangered species habitat. Collecting basic hydrogeologic data and planning and executing projects enhances the understanding of the water resources within the District’s boundaries.
Regulatory Program
- Regulatory Program
  
  The Regulatory Compliance Team is responsible for a wide range of the District’s responsibilities. Regulatory Compliance Team members have also actively attended and participated in community outreach and regional development and planning groups and served as District liaisons to local municipalities, political subdivisions, permittees, and licensed drillers and pump installers in the area.
Education
- Education
  
  The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer District actively participates and hosts events designed to engage and educate groundwater users and District residents. Events include stewardship awards, festivals, creek cleanups, presentations to schools and community groups, and teacher trainings.
Projects
- Projects
  
  The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District has a number of special projects to help advance the scientific understanding and better manage groundwater resources within the District.
Publications
- Publications
  
  One of the most effective ways to conserve, protect, and manage our the groundwater resources is to keep you informed of the science, current conditions, and regulations affecting our District. Sign up on the Friends of the District email list and receive: Quarterly newsletters, Aquifer status updates, Drought declarations, Conservation information, and Important news.
Transparency
- Transparency
  
  The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District strives to meet a high standard by providing clear, consistent pictures of spending, and by sharing information in user-friendly formats, to promote financial transparency and accountability, not only through financial reports but also through summaries, visualizations, downloadable data, and other relevant information.

Publications

District’s 30th Anniversary

Timeline of key events in the District's 30 year history. — Timeline of key events in the District’s 30 year history.

In August 1987, the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District was officially formed through a confirmation election. Since then, the District has served the residents of Travis, Hays, and Caldwell counties by providing a local voice in the management of our region’s precious groundwater resources. The locally elected Board of Directors and staff have worked together with stakeholders to address many of the complex issues and resource management challenges. With stakeholder support, the District has evolved over the past three decades to be the trusted stewards of the aquifers by investing in data-driven science as the basis for sound polices to serve the long-term groundwater interests of our community.

District staff compiled a variety of publications in honor of the 30th Anniversary. The District Timeline (above) shows key events, the Lovelady Monitor Well hydrograph with drought thresholds, and Directors through time. The 30 Years of Aquifer Science Fact Sheet (right) chronicles landmark scientific studies that helped further understanding of the District’s groundwater resources and inform District policies. To better inform conversations and policy making the District collaborated with accomplished cartographer and artist, Molly O’Halloran to create the Central Texas Water Resources Map (below)(tabloid, poster). To engage and educate students and residents about water quality indicators, the District worked with Pixel Profundo, LLC to develop an augmented reality card game that teaches about benthic macroinvertebrates (bottom).

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Central Texas Water Resources map (tabloid)
Central Texas Water Resources map (poster)

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More info on the augmented reality game.

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