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Commentary: Reliability of Proposed Pipeline Questioned

The proposed Vista Ridge water pipeline, which comes up for a vote by the San Antonio City Council on Thursday, has raised questions about the reliability of the groundwater supply from which the pipeline would draw.

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Lee County resident Hilde Sides protests the Vista Ridge Water Supply Project with other Lee and Bastrop County residents outside the San Antonio City Council public hearing on the project on Oct. 8, 2014.
Credit: Charlie Pearce

The proposed Vista Ridge water pipeline, which comes up for a vote by the San Antonio City Council on Thursday, has raised questions about the reliability of the groundwater supply, from which the pipeline would draw. Critics say the project "does not meet the standards of 'sustainable development' of an aquifer." (Rivard Report)

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