Water

Residents have long complained of bad tastes, ruined appliances and high water bills. Some have spent thousands on water treatment systems for their homes.

As reservoirs fall below 10% of capacity, council members are expected to provide an update on the city’s dwindling water supply and when customers might have to cut back on water use.

Under a new agreement, Mexico will release 202,000 acre-feet of water to the U.S. beginning this week.

Texas Voters just overwhelmingly approved $20 billion to be spent on improving the state’s water supply, infrastructure and education over the next 20 years. But that funding is just the beginning — and it will only go so far in addressing a crisis that threatens the future of Texas, a state where the powers that be will not acknowledge the effects of climate change.

The San Antonio Water System is expected to request a rate increase next year, its first since 2020. What is the SAWS position on a proposed wastewater treatment facility at the Guajolote Ranch development? How expensive and complicated will the relocation of a downtown chilled water plant be to accommodate Project Marvel?

If approved, Proposition 4 would generate $20 billion dedicated to state water projects over the next twenty years and up to $1B of sales tax revenue going into the Texas Water Fund every year starting in 2027.

As more and more AI mega data centers are being built in Texas, there's a growing awareness of the water demand of Big Tech. If not addressed, AI data centers could consume a serious portion of the state's water supply.

However, SAWS customers remain under Stage 3 restrictions.

There's opposition to plans for the proposed Guajolote Ranch housing development, north of Grey Forest, near Helotes. The proposal for a wastewater treatment plant concerns many that it could contaminate drinking water for the city of San Antonio.

Just one cubic foot of water, the size of a beach ball, weighs 60 pounds.