Welcome to the Southwest Texas Water Project
A Regional Tool for a Shared Future
The Southwest Texas Water Project is a solution to one of our region’s greatest challenges — the need for additional sources of water to serve growing communities and protect endangered species. The project would allow farmers in Uvalde County to lease their water — water they are already permitted to pump but may not use — to surrounding communities. The project would diversify the region’s water supply by providing via pipeline an additional, reliable source of water to serve more than 100,000 families per year in Bexar and Medina counties, relieve pressure on the San Marcos and Comal Springs and would be the largest economic development project in Uvalde County history. The project would be privately funded without the use of public tax dollars.
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Uvalde pipeline would reduce water woes
"House Bill 814, a bill that I filed during this past regular session of the Legislature, would have created an opportunity to allow San Antonio policy makers and others to consider an option to access this supply of reliable, and cost-effective Edwards water. Although the bill did not make it out of the House Natural Resources Committee, I was proud of the progress we made and the conversations that were started.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions are about project impacts, environmental impacts, Edwards water use, the Uvalde economy, property rights, San Antonio water needs, the pipeline right of way, who pays for the pipeline, and the Southwest Texas Water Resources, LP legislative program.
