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| | Sparks fly over water plans |
 | | Wentworth, whose district covers Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and Kendall counties and parts of Austin and San Antonio, plans to introduce a bill in the legislative session, which starts Jan. 9, to raise the Edwards Aquifer pumping limit from 450,000 acre-feet to 549,000 acre-feet and eliminate a scheduled reduction in the pumping limit to 400,000 acre-feet. |
 | | Under state law, the Edwards Aquifer Authority is supposed to reduce pumping of the aquifer, the primary source of water for much of South Central Texas, from the present cap of 450,000 acre-feet to 400,000 acre-feet by 2008. |
 | | One of the main points of contention is the trigger for lowering the pumping limit in a drought, said Miller, who represents Comal and Guadalupe counties. |
| www.statesman.com /news/content/region/legislature/stories/01/01/1haysview.html (916 words) |
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