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While acknowledging the serious consequences of the drought in Texas, the undersigned hereby express deep concern over the way the water in Medina Lake has been managed and assert the entities managing the gates in Medina Dam must share the responsibility for draining Medina Lake. The undersigned wish to express support for the efforts undertaken by the Save Medina Lake.com committee and urge local communities and the State of Texas to introduce measures ensuring the water will be conserved to the greatest extent possible.
Conservation and responsible management of the gates at the Medina Lake Dam is vital to realizing the importance of the lake for recharging the aquifer, securing water for irrigation and other downstream purposes, supporting fish and wildlife, securing water for firefighting and the local community as well as taking into account the economic and recreational interest associated with Medina Lake.
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June 17, 2015
Reaching twenty-five hundred signatures feels heavy because it reminds me how many people are watching this water disappear. I am exhausted by the lack of progress from the agencies involved but seeing this many names keeps me tethered to the work.
Reached 2,500 supporters
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Reached 100 supporters
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The days feel long and the uphill climb is exhausting but we are nearing the first hundred signatures. Please send this link to someone who relies on the lake so we can reach this baseline before we bring our demands to the board.
1,605 Comments
Feed the needed irrigation water from the overflow and draining the lake. The gates should only be opened in dire emergencies. There are other rivers which are able to fill the irrigation requirement. Stop draining medina lake rather than using your water first.
I have lake front property. When the lake is low, I don't have water. I was without water for almost 3 years and in that time the house suffered because we were no longer able to stay there. Please don't let the water get that low ever again!
My Granddady Ebben Holt provided mules used in the dams construction and ralocated the headstones of those buried there to the Pipe Creek cemetary. Let those who are buried at the lakes bottom and within the dam itself allways have peacefull waters surround them.
The saddest thing I've seen is my neighbors having to haul water to their homes because their wells when dry when the lake with dry it's pretty sad when people don't even have the basic necessity of water in their homes to wash your clothes cook and Bath
State regulation should be enacted to oversee water volumes realeased accordingly to water intake with consideration to lake water filtering down into the aquifer. Poor lake management in the past has already significant economic disaster.
Stop selling the water to new home developers
Please stop wasteful irrigation!!!!!
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
While acknowledging the serious consequences of the drought in Texas, the undersigned hereby express deep concern over the way the water in Medina Lake has been managed and assert the entities managing the gates in Medina Dam must share the responsibility for draining Medina Lake. The undersigned wish to express support for the efforts undertaken by the Save Medina Lake.com committee and urge local communities and the State of Texas to introduce measures ensuring the water will be conserved to the greatest extent possible.
Conservation and responsible management of the gates at the Medina Lake Dam is vital to realizing the importance of the lake for recharging the aquifer, securing water for irrigation and other downstream purposes, supporting fish and wildlife, securing water for firefighting and the local community as well as taking into account the economic and recreational interest associated with Medina Lake.
Updates
June 17, 2015
Reaching twenty-five hundred signatures feels heavy because it reminds me how many people are watching this water disappear. I am exhausted by the lack of progress from the agencies involved but seeing this many names keeps me tethered to the work.
Reached 2,500 supporters
June 17, 2015
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 27, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
March 30, 2015
March 28, 2015
The days feel long and the uphill climb is exhausting but we are nearing the first hundred signatures. Please send this link to someone who relies on the lake so we can reach this baseline before we bring our demands to the board.
1,605 Comments
We have many memories on this lake with grand kids. It is too bad BMA mismanaged the lake to allow this to happen. I hope we can force them to close the gates at 50% level so this never happens again. The lake has devastated the community and surrounding counties.
Feed the needed irrigation water from the overflow and draining the lake. The gates should only be opened in dire emergencies. There are other rivers which are able to fill the irrigation requirement. Stop draining medina lake rather than using your water first.
I have lake front property. When the lake is low, I don't have water. I was without water for almost 3 years and in that time the house suffered because we were no longer able to stay there. Please don't let the water get that low ever again!
My Granddady Ebben Holt provided mules used in the dams construction and ralocated the headstones of those buried there to the Pipe Creek cemetary. Let those who are buried at the lakes bottom and within the dam itself allways have peacefull waters surround them.
The saddest thing I've seen is my neighbors having to haul water to their homes because their wells when dry when the lake with dry it's pretty sad when people don't even have the basic necessity of water in their homes to wash your clothes cook and Bath
State regulation should be enacted to oversee water volumes realeased accordingly to water intake with consideration to lake water filtering down into the aquifer. Poor lake management in the past has already significant economic disaster.
Stop selling the water to new home developers
Please stop wasteful irrigation!!!!!
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We have many memories on this lake with grand kids. It is too bad BMA mismanaged the lake to allow this to happen. I hope we can force them to close the gates at 50% level so this never happens again. The lake has devastated the community and surrounding counties.