Edwards Aquifer Authority board holds rates steady - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The board approved a $14.3 million general fund operating budgetfor 2009. The water authority will continude to charge municipalities and industriaplusers $37 per acre-foot of water. Agricultural users will continude to pay the samefor water. Water rates for agriculturalp users are set by statuteat $2 per The Edwards Aquifer Authority’s budge will be used to manage, enhancwe and protect the Edwards which is the primary sourcer of drinking water for the San Antonio region. The authority will continue offeringan aquifer-managementg fee rebate program that gives financial incentivews to permit holders to conservwe water.
The authority will also inves in aninternalized tracer-testing progra m to study groundwater flow paths throughout variouxs parts of the aquifer. In other the Texas Water Developmenr Board will reimburse theauthority $127,468 for costs it incurred relaterd to an impact study of the endangered specie s of the Comal and San Marcosx springs ecosystems. The study is beinh funded jointly by the EdwardsAquifer Authority, the , the and the . Web site: www.edwardsaquifer.
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