If your water comes from Canyon Lake, you are a Neighbor
Fischer Neighbors:
Working to protect water resources in the
Texas Hill Country
Candidate Forum on Water
Thursday, Sept 17 · 6:00–7:30 pm
Wimberley Community Center, 14068 RR 12, Wimberley, TX 78676
Join us for a Candidate Forum on Water for Texas House District 73. The next legislative session has been declared the "water session," so hearing from candidates on this issue is particularly timely. Host organizations will introduce themselves and the actions they are taking to protect our water resources, then we will have a Q&A with the candidate: half hour of questions prepared by the hosts and a half hour of questions from the audience. This will be a strictly non-partisan event to inform voters and residents concerning the water issues we face.
Read the full announcementA Word from the Hosts That Were Unable to Attend the Forum
Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Alliance (TESPA)
Andrew Weber
The Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association, DBA Trinity Edwards Science and Policy Alliance (TESPA), protects the springs by protecting our aquifers so they remain healthy for future generations. We do this by litigating and employing other legal strategies when necessary and by collaborating with other nonprofits and academic and government organizations to produce smart, effective water policy—at the local, regional and state level.
We were part of the effort that stopped Electro Purification, LLC from pumping out the Hays City part of the aquifers. We got the Kinder Morgan pipeline re-routed instead of going UNDER the Blanco. We have a complaint pending at the PUC asking them to order Aqua Tx to stop over-pumping their permits.
Save Texas Springs
Brian Zabcik
Save Texas Streams was founded in 1979, making us one of the oldest grassroots environmental organizations in the state. We envision a future in which our state’s streams, aquifers, and watersheds are healthy and pristine, nurtured by communities that protect our water quality and our water supply with science and passion. We were founded in Austin as Save Barton Creek Association, but we have expanded our mission area over the years and we now work across the Hill Country and Central Texas. We're currently assisting local landowners concerned about TCEQ wastewater permits in Bell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties. Our top advocacy priority since 2021 has been the Pristine Streams Proposal, which would discontinue new wastewater discharge permits on 21 rivers and creeks in the Hill Country, including the Upper Guadalupe River, Johnson Creek, and the Blanco River. We are currently working with legislators to re-file the Pristine Streams Bill in the 2027 Legislative Session. You can learn more by visiting our website at savetexasstreams.org/pristine-streams
Why Canyon Lake Matters
Who drinks Canyon Lake water? In addition to multiple subdivisions, these towns do:
- Canyon Lake
- Fischer
- Sattler
- Startzville
- Kyle
- Buda
- San Marcos
- New Braunfels
- Bulverde
- Boerne
- Spring Branch
- Blanco
- north San Antonio
Canyon Lake provides recreation, livelihoods, and drinking water to residents and tourists alike.
The Threat to Canyon Lake and the Trinity Aquifer
Lennar Homes proposes to build Broken Cedar Ranch, an 850-home development, on FM 484 between Canyon Lake and Fischer. They have applied to TCEQ for a wastewater permit allowing up to 600,000 gal/day of treated effluent into waterways flowing directly into Canyon Lake.
- • More traffic on already strained roads
- • Pressure on schools, emergency services, and infrastructure
- • Stormwater runoff from new impervious cover
- • Long-term risk to the lake, groundwater and wells, and property values
The county has little authority to manage growth. The fight that can be waged is on the wastewater permit. We await TCEQ response to public comments submitted in the period ending February 10, 2026. After that, we will request a contested case hearing.
Learn moreHelp us fight the Broken Cedar Ranch wastewater discharge into Canyon Lake and the Trinity Aquifer. Join and donate.
Take action to support responsible water management in Texas — write your legislators and request that they allow county commissioners enough authority to manage sustainable growth in their own counties.
Our Mission
Fischer Neighbors promotes responsible growth to protect the drinking water and natural resources of the greater Canyon Lake area, along with the character of the local community in Fischer, Texas.
This takes the form of three main activities:
- Informing residents about issues related to proposed development
- Promoting public participation in decision-making
- Advocating for responsible stewardship of land and water
Fischer Neighbors:
Buda, Kyle, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, Sattler, Startzville, Fischer, Blanco, Spring Branch, Bulverde, Boerne, north San Antonio, and the subdivisions amidst them all.