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		<title>Petition re: Trinity Aquifer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CITIZEN’S PETITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER SUPPLY FROM THE TRINITY AQUIFER WITHIN HAYS COUNTY The western side of Hays County is blessed with an underground reservoir of pure groundwater called the Trinity Aquifer. The aquifer is recharged from rainfall, sometimes frequent, but usually sporadic. The Trinity Aquifer supplies potable water to major water supply companies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=288</link>
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		<title>Community garden planning  gets under way in August</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enthusiastic gardeners take note. The planning/design group for the Jacob&#8217;s Well (Organic) Community Garden will be meeting every Tuesday afternoon in August at 2 pm for a period of two hours each at the WPOA office. There will be additional meetings with David Baker of the WVWA on Saturdays, August 14 and 28. These meetings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=286</link>
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		<title>Rule of capture: can it still apply in a state no longer rural?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Groundwater is the primary source of water used in Texas. As contrasted with surface water, which is state owned and managed, groundwater is privately owned. Groundwater ownership and allocation is governed by the common law rule of capture and its use is determined by the same rule and by rules of groundwater conservation districts. During [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=275</link>
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		<title>Say it&#8217;s so, Joe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Co-op members to receive a rate cut this summer due to lower natural gas prices Pedernales Electric Cooperative members will get a rate cut this summer. Last month PEC’s Board of Directors heard from management that lower natural gas prices will save PEC members $5 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity used. The Lower Colorado [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=270</link>
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		<title>Family day was fun for everyone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WPOA board member Donna Hathway had an idea and went right to work on it. The result was our first community picnic and get together on the grounds of the new WPOA office on Woodacre Drive. “I want to have more events like this so that we can get to know each other better and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=268</link>
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		<title>Strategic plan in final draft form</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Representatives from the cities of Wimberley, Woodcreek, Dripping Springs, Kyle, and Buda, Texas State University, LCRA, the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, and Emergency Services Districts from Wimberley, Buda, Kyle and South Hays met in Wimberley on April 16 to participate in drafting a strategic plan for Hays County. The plan is in final draft [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=262</link>
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		<title>Accurate 2010 Census Important for Federal Funding and Redistricting in Hays County</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hays County Courthouse, San Marcos, TX Hays County is gearing up for the 2010 U.S. Census – a critical undertaking that will help determine its share of some $400 billion per year in federal funding for education, hospitals and social programs, as well as the number of seats Texas will have in the U.S. House [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=254</link>
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		<title>So What Took &#8216;Em So Long?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legislators set goal of finding “consensus” for an area groundwater policy. “As legislators representing Western Hays County, we have witnessed stark divisions within the District’s constituency about what amount of regulation is needed to protect our quality of life in the Hill Country. But we believe that these divisions are surmountable, and are committed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=250</link>
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		<title>A Stake-in-the- Grass?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The process that Rose and sidekick Andrew Sansom have launched at the eleventh hour remains sketchy at best, but the list of special interests is clear. Here, for example, are some of the players who showed up on their list: San Marcos and Austin Boards of Realtors, Wimberley and Dripping Springs Chambers of Commerce, Hays [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=251</link>
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		<link>http://ridge-runner.org/?p=245</link>
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