RE-ELECT CAROL PATTERSON

Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors
District 1 - Bexar County
“The non-partisan election at the end of the ballot”
Early Voting: Oct. 23 - Nov. 3 « Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 7

Meet the Candidate

Carol Patterson is a resident of San Antonio and represents District 1, Edwards Aquifer Authority, which covers north central Bexar County. Patterson serves on the board’s Research & Technology Committee and Permits committees. She has also served on the Executive Committee, Aquifer Management Planning, and Finance/Administration Committees.

Board member, Edwards Aquifer Authority, 1996 to present
Instrumental in developing Recharge and Recirculation, new major water supply and springflow strategy for San Antonio and the Edwards Region
Board Member Edwards Underground Water District, 1991 to 1996

Co-founded Water Policy Group, meeting weekly since 1999
Charter member, Regional Clean Air &Water, meeting monthly since 1991
Associate member, South Texas Geological Society, 5 years (co-author of article on R&R in Sept 2006, STGS Bulletin)
Served on Mayor’s Citizens Water Committee, 1996, Presenter to Mayor’s Citizens Water Committee, 1991
Invited speaker on water issues at Krost Symposium, 2002
Invited speaker on water issues at Southwestern Social Science Association, 2006
2004 Successfully organized the drilling of a water well for The School for the Blind in Karanji, India

	As a director of the Edwards Aquifer Authority, Carol Patterson is working to: • Put in place her Recharge and Recirculation Plan, a plan that works regionally. Carol’s proposed plan, Recharge and Recirculation, would protect and provide water supply, critical springflows and downstream flow in drought. The new water supply would be reliable, efficient and enduring, a win/win for all interests. • Stop extreme water restrictions. Arbitrary drought restrictions cost money and jeopardize our jobs, homes and businesses. Downstream interests are asking the legislature to protect springflow by cutting pumping to the level in 1950. Carol’s recharge plan provides a better way to protect springs in drought, with less restrictions and more water supply. • Stop spiraling water bills. The draft 2007 state water plans would make our citizens pay the highest per capita water costs in the state by 2010. Carol’s Recharge and Recirculation plan could result in significantly lower per capital costs. • Protect drinking water quality. Carol votes for strict protection of the water entering the Recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer. She believes effective protection includes many approaches and should be carried out on a cooperative basis with other government agencies, avoiding duplication of services.
	ENDORSEMENTS: CAROL PATTERSON: BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO OUR WATER PROBLEMS! Carol Patterson brings people together who have different perspectives on the water problems facing our region. She is a calm voice of reason, a person with the patience and determination to respect differences and find solutions that work. Listen to what local leaders and experts say about her: “Carol Patterson is a leader who works with all sides to find solutions to our water problems. Her Recharge & Recirculation plan is a win/win for all sides and maintains our access to clean, affordable aquifer water.” *Tom Frost* “Carol Patterson’s Recharge & Recirculation plan is based on sound research and will result in lower water costs to San Antonio consumers, a more reliable water supply and better water quality. We need her leadership on the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board.” *Mike Beldon, former Chairman, EAA* “Please join me in supporting Carol Patterson in this important race for re-election to the Edwards Aquifer Authority. Her presence on the board is essential in developing a major source of new water for the region, and a means of protecting springflows, even in a repeat of the drought of record. It is the last item on the ballot in EAA District One, but one of the first in importance.” Bexar County Judge Nelson W. Wolff "I've had the opportunity to work with Carol on water issues for over fifteen years. I admire her dedication and loyalty to the citizens of Bexar County and her deep commitment to preserving the Edwards Aquifer for our future generations". State Representative Robert R. Puente Chair, House Natural Resources Committee “For many years, Carol Patterson has worked tenaciously to bring about the evaluation of management of the Edwards Aquifer with recharge, based on sound hydrogeology and economics. The very good news is that on September 12^th, The Edwards Aquifer Authority Board voted to fund analysis of Recharge and Recirculation Systems with co-finding from the San Antonio Water System. The analysis will require careful oversight and Carol will be very much needed. Her technical expertise, developed over the last 25 years, has no match on the board.” Joint endorsement from Gene Ames, Jr, Gene Ames, III, Wilford Stapp, Geologists Hans Helland, former chairman, Edwards Underground Water District “I have known Carol Patterson for 20 years and have watched her struggle to protect water rate payers from the privateers who would build expensive and unnecessary water projects with public funds for their own personal profit. She is a true public citizen who deserves reelection to the EAA.” John Donahue, Ph.D. “Carol Patterson is a vital member of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board. She has worked very hard for many years to bring about a Recharge and Recirculation option as a major source of new water supply and to meet our requirement to protect springflows during drought. We are seeing the results of her hard work in the programs we are undertaking.” Ralph Zendejas, Vice Chairman of the Board THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS ENDORSES CAROL PATTERSON FOR RE-ELECTION! VOTE TO RE-ELECT CAROL PATTERSON, EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY, DISTRICT 1 Other endorsements: Commissioner Tommy Adkisson, Fmr Commissioner Mike Novak, Councilman Chip Haass, Congressman Lamar Smith, Mary Bowman, Fern Burke, Bob and Jo Anne Comeaux, Thomas Ewing, Lois G. Gibbs, Douglas Harlan, Ronald J. Hermann, Larry and Linda Hoffmann, A Ryland Howard, Randy Mayo, Betty Shelton Mills, Connie Patterson, Bobbi & Richard Ravicz, Stanley Schoenbaum, Tom and Pat Semmes, Bob and Maureen Shearer, Richard S. Thompson, Peggy Tobin, Alice Tomasello, Benjamin F. Youngblood
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