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Grant funding for study on aquifer that feeds Krause Springs and Little Cypress Creek

Krause Springs in Spicewood Texas

Krause Springs is a local waterway that is fed by the Sycamore layer of the Lower Trinity Aquifer in Spicewood. Staff photo by Jennifer Greenwell

The Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District was recently awarded part of a $7 million grant from the Texas Water Development Board to further study the Lower Trinity Aquifer in Burnet County.

The CTGCD will use its $112,100 in state funding to analyze and map the Sycamore layer of the aquifer, which serves as a key groundwater source feeding into nearby waterways such as Little Cypress Creek and Krause Springs.

“The project will integrate new and existing datasets to improve understanding of local groundwater conditions, flow patterns, and discharge features, such as Krause Springs,” reads a CTGCD statement on the grant.

The broader study and mapping of the Sycamore layer in Burnet County has been an ongoing project at the groundwater district for years, with two of three study phases completed with the help of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.

To learn more about the Lower Trinity Aquifer study, visit the Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District webpage here.

caden@thepicayune.com

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