Save the Carrizo -Wilcox Aquifer

This GoFundMe campaign is solely for the purpose of assisting with the expense of legal representation and hiring of necessary experts in the fight against Black Mountain Sand’s water well permits filed with the local water district. Many people (Nearly 500) filed protest letters against the acceptance of these water permits but did not have the means to travel to Austin nor hire their own legal representation to assist in the process. Currently, a small group of landowners are traveling to Austin frequently to attend SOAH proceedings and doing their best to stop these permits from being approved. In August 2019, a SOAH judge will review the evidence presented from hired experts and make a decision based on the status of these permits. As you can imagine, this is not a cheap process and it has been and will be an astronomical cost to these landowners in legal fees to protect the Carrizo Aquifer. Any contribution you make will help in this fight to save the Carrizo aquifer.

History of these permit applications:
In late 2018, Black Mountain Sand filed Water well permit applications with the local water district asking to drill more water wells into the Carrizo aquifer in order to wash sand. The Black Mountain Facility in Carrizo Springs is located in the outcrop area of the Carrizo Aquifer recharge zone with marginal amounts of water available as well as a being in a region of shallow water wells with shallow static water levels. Approval of these permits would grant Black Mountain the ability to pump 578,060,431 gallons of water per year. Utilizing the requested amount of water will quickly diminish the available water that citizens of this area need for household and agricultural use.