| 1992 |
Jan. |
Todd negotiations completed without resolution
and TWC steps in as negotiator. |
| 1992 |
|
TWC issues its outline for a concept
paper for managing the Edwards Aquifer. |
| 1992 |
Feb. |
TWC places all city permits on hold to
allow TWC staff time for further review. |
| 1992 |
Feb. |
TWC Chairman John Hall releases concept
paper for management of the Edwards Aquifer. |
| 1992 |
|
City Council approves ordinance to consolidate
CWB, AWCRD, and Dept. of Wastewater Management. |
| 1992 |
March |
Citizens Committee on Water issues reports
and briefs Council at "B" session. |
| 1992 |
March |
Attorney General's letter casts doubt
on the TWC's authority to regulate ground water. |
| 1992 |
|
Courts do not let Living Waters Catfish
Farm resume operations. |
| 1992 |
|
The Texas Attorney General issues a clarification
to the Nov. 1991 ruling, stating that ground water regulation is
constitutional but that 28.011 of the Texas Water Code is not sufficient
authority on its own to regulate. |
| 1992 |
April
|
The TWC releases its interim plan for
management of the Edwards Aquifer. Sets date of April 14 as the
deadline for approval by City of San Antonio, EUWD, Medina County,
City of Uvalde, County of Uvalde, and Industrial Water Users Association. |
| 1992 |
|
City of San Antonio and EUWD reject TWC
interim management plan. |
| 1992 |
April
|
TWC declares the Edwards Aquifer to be
an underground river and subject to State ownership and regulation
to postpone trial of ESA litigation set for May 1992. |
| 1992 |
|
John Hall Chairman of the TWC meets with
the City Council in open session. |
| 1992 |
|
Chief U.S. District Judge Lucious Bunton
agrees to postpone trial of the Sierra Club lawsuit until later
in the year. |
| 1992 |
May
|
House subcommittee on the Edwards Aquifer
held a public hearing to discuss the proposed emergency rules relating
to the TWC designation of the Edwards as an Underground River. |
| 1992 |
|
TWC held a public hearing on the proposed
emergency rules regarding the Edwards as state water. |
| 1992 |
May
14 |
The Edwards Aquifer hit a record high
of 703.2 at the J-17 well. |
| 1992 |
May
19 |
Consolidation of the San Antonio Department
of Wastewater Management, City Water Board and the Alamo Conservation
and Reuse District became effective. |
| 1992 |
May/June |
The San Antonio Water System Board held
a series of meetings to receive comments and testimony to assist
in developing a response to the TWC designation to the Edwards Aquifer. |
| 1992 |
Sept. |
Rules designating the Edwards as an underground
river were approved by the Texas Water Commission. |
| 1992 |
Sept. |
Austin District Court rules that the
Edwards Aquifer is not an Underground River. |
| 1992 |
Sept. |
Judge Bunton sets a special court date
for November 16, 1992 to hear the Endangered Species lawsuit. |
| 1992 |
Sept.
11 |
State court invalidates TWC's declaration
of "underground river" and voids Edwards Rules. |
| 1992 |
Sept.
14 |
Texas Attorney General Morales files
suit against U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Dept. of Interior
charging the two Federal Agencies are illegally trying to take control
of the Edwards Aquifer and thereby "usurp the State's sovereignty". |
| 1992 |
Nov.
|
Judge Bunton hears the Endangered Species
Lawsuit in Federal District Court in Midland, Texas. |
