The Edwards Aquifer Essay

The Edwards Aquifer is the most efficient way people of San Antonio and close areas have found to get water. The Aquifer stretches 160 miles long and as much as 40 feet In with. The aquifer runs from aquifer is one of the largest aquifer in North America and maybe the largest in the world. Kinney all the way to the Comal Counties. San Antonio is located just above the Artesian Zone which water travels all the way from Delrio. The Artesian is where the best water of the aquifer comes from. One part of the aquifer that was created was The Seco Creek Recharge Project; the creek is where a collection of rain collects in the creek finding it was to a sinkhole that leads to the aquifer. The Edwards Aquifer is the most efficient way people of San Antonio and close areas have found to get water. What interreges me the most is how water enters sinkholes and end up in the aquifer. The nearest locations that would be worth examining would be The Devils Sinkhole located in Rocksprings Texas. The Devils Sinkhole was discovered by Ammon Billing, who settled in Edwards County May1, 1876. Some important background information states that in the 1980s and the 1990s serious droughts brought the required attention to the water system so plans to make the use of water more efficient came into play. In t he year 2000 statistics were announced declaring that that year The Edwards Aquifer supplied 1.7 million people with water which was a eight time increases since 1940, it was said that in the year 2030, the aquifer would need to supply 2.6 million people with water. Putting aside the boring part of The Edwards Aquifer is what I think is the second most interesting part, the animal and plant life that inhabit the aquifer. After going to the Museum on Broadway Street here in San Antonio, I learned that animals actually lived in the water we drink. The most commonly found species are different salamander species that usual. I read in the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance website that the salamanders found in the aquifer where subject to parallel evolution, which when salamanders from different springs are distinct species, but resemble not just each other but also salamanders found in karst limestone aquifers in other parts of the world. I also read that fish species easiest in the aquifer and no where else such as the Texas Blind Catfish, which only live within the San Antonio section of the aquifer; the Fountain Darter and San Marcos gambusia from the San Marcos River.

The Aquifer Field Blog

The Edwards aquifer is one of the largest and most know aquifer ion the world. The aquifer is estimated to be 160 miles and in different sections being 5 to 40 feet wide. The Edwards aquifer runs through the Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar and Comal Counties. The Aquifer has many different sections that make it up such as drainage area, recharging zone, artisan springs and the artisan which travels under San Antonio. Some of the main flowage of the river is contributed by different sections of the Edwards Aquifer. The Cibolo Creek is located between Bexar and Comal Counties aids in giving water to the recharge zone. The Helotes Creek, dive off The Edwards Plateau then reaches the recharge zone up down from down town Helotes. The Seco Creek Recharge Project is where a collection of rain collects in the creek finding it was to a sinkhole that leads to the aquifer. The transition zone is located south east of San Antonio where the land has many caves and sinkholes that allows’ water from different sources to collect; the zones original development was created to regulate petroleum storage tanks. The Artesian zone is located between San Antonio and Delrio where a natural source of good water can be found. The Artesian is where located in San Antonio is where the majority of San Antonians come to relay for a water source.

My Neighborhood

I find my neighborhood very interesting even though it may not be the richest part of town I still love it. To me what makes’s my neighborhood so great are the good neighbors and the close distance to everything than means anything to me. My neighborhood is great in many ways.

Fist of all I live in the south side San Antonio, coming from down town San Antonio on highway 35, you exit Military Drive take a left and go down till you hit logwood; you take a right on logwood and go down about seven blocks till you Formosa. Once you get to there you drive down till you hit Oxana then follow down to you hit Dodic, my house is the will be the fourth on the right. My neighborhood my consist of a middle class/ working area, the houses in my neighborhood are a standard three bedroom one house floor plan. The people try to keep the lawns up compared to other areas in town where you see all kinds of junk in the front lawn. I guess you can say my neighborhood cares about it’s appearance. The ethnic groups that live in my areas of town are Hispanics, especially in my neighborhood. Hispanics in my estimate consist of atleast 80 percent of the southside population if not more. The age group in my neighborhood consist of an older crowd. There are more older families then younger ones on the factoid side. I will say there is roughly thirteen people around my age that live on my block.

When it comes to distance I would say every place I need to go to and every place I want to go to is near by. I don’t hang out with a lot of friends, but the ones I do all live in walking distance of me, and at every other end of the blocks you can find a corner store. If I wanted to visit one of my best friends Robert which has class with me all I would have to do is walk to the right end of my block, take a left, go two streets and take another left and about 10 houses down and his house is on the left. Another place you can find me at is my best friends Dt house, all I have to do is walk to the right end of the block take a right, go down Oxana take a right on Formosa, and his house is the third house on the left. Another cool place around me is the Bellaire park, the park is located four entry blocks away, so it’s an easy six minute walk. What makes the park so great is how it accommodates everybody, if somebody wants to play basketball the park has a baskeball court. If you’re a skater looking for fun at the park it has two mini half pipes and grinding post. The park pretty much has something for everybody, my neighborhood is pretty good to live in and I have nothing to complain about another very nice attraction about my neighborhood is the movie theater “The Mayan Palace” which is right down the street from the mall “Southpark Mall” so basically everything in my neighborhood is very close to my house.

Summing it up I cant’ complain about my neighborhood I have everything I need for a healthy life and with the fast food restaurants close by a not so healthy life lol. For the most part I would say my neighborhood is perfect.