More than three dozen residents filled a Bandera County courtroom as a district judge heard arguments in an ongoing legal fight over water well permits on a 317acre property in western Bandera County, a case driven by concerns over potential impacts to the Trinity Aquifer and one that now awaits a ruling expected after the first of the year.
The hearing centered on the permitting of two water wells for Vanderpool Management LLP and followed an 18-month conflict between the company and the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District over how much water may be pumped from the Trinity Aquifer. Nearby landowners have raised concerns that additional pumping could affect existing private wells in the area.
Most of those in attendance were supporters of the Bandera Canyonlands Alliance and neighboring property owners.
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