FRIDAY 2008

On Friday March 14, 2008, a woman came to speak to us about the Edwards Aquifer. She told us how they keep planning to build near and over the aquifer; this puts damage to it because oils and everything you can think of leaks into it. When they build houses or stores around the water goes through to the Aquifer and we do not filter our water, so whatever bacterium doesn’t die before we drink. She is the one that goes before the committee and tells them whether it would be a good idea to build something or not. They don’t always do what she thinks is right but I believe this makes a difference for the most part. This was a very informative presentation. She made me understand more about what problems can be made by building. She have very interesting pictures of how the aquifer looks and she showed where the recharge zone is, how big it is and where the recharge zone is. She had a little project for us to do, just to give us an idea of the kind of work she does. She put us into groups and presented each group with a folder that had a case in it. We had to decide if it was a good idea to build this or change the place. We had to decide if it would harm the aquifer, or if it was going to be built over the recharge zone, if it was going according to the codes. We had to decide whether it would be a good idea or a bad idea and present to her and the class what we believed. I liked this, it made me feel like I was a part of her work. The cases we had were real cases at one time and were both denied. I really enjoyed this presentation. I felt she did a good job.