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Topic: Jacob's Well has stopped flowing completely
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wymjym
Member Posts: 223
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Registered: May 2001
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posted July 01, 2009 05:16 PM
 
look closer SS!
the flow is near zilch that 3fps was a median number taken over the past 4 years.
wj
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted July 02, 2009 08:14 AM
At last Tuesday’s meeting of the Hays Commissioners Court, Jack A. Hollon of the HTGCD was quoted as saying;Jacob’s Well in Wimberley has “flat-lined.” He added, “Essentially, we’ve had five or six days of no-flow at Jacob’s Well. The well itself looks pretty horrible. There’s still water there … but it’s covered with scum and algae and there’s no movement there.”
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starstruck
Member Posts: 588
From: Hays
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted July 02, 2009 10:29 AM
Pretty girm, lets keep an eye out this weekend.
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted July 11, 2009 02:23 PM
Cypress Creek is quickly drying up since Jacob’s Well is still not flowing enough to replenish losses by percolation and evaporation. I am told that there are some minor uncharted springs within the creek that also add to the flow but you can see they are not near enough. Rainfall is a distant memory now, wells are drying up at an alarming rate, yet home building and water waste continues 
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted July 22, 2009 01:13 PM
The discharge from Jacob’s Well remains at zero. The bridge on Jacob’s Well Road gives witness to this sad fact. The downstream side if the bridge is a mud hole containing only wet algae, beer bottles and other trash. Upstream is not much better with a very low level of scummy water and fallen trees. There is absolutely no flow in this part of Cypress Creek from Jacob’s Well. The bacteria and mosquito larva counts have to be through the roof Downstream, water is still flowing over the dam at Woodcreek Drive and the smaller dam downstream at Townhouse Circle. The source of this flow must originate within Camp Young Judea since no water flows into that part of the creek yet water flows out of it. The water at Blue Hole shows no surface flow but has no scum on it, probably due to kids splashing around in it, ugh. At the RR12 Bridge next to Inoz, no water flows and the creek is dry downstream of Inoz dam.  Pray for Rain and Conserve Water
[This message has been edited by freewill (edited July 26, 2009).]
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XIIthMan
Member Posts: 309
From: Wimberley, TX
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted July 25, 2009 02:44 PM
I belive there is one wastewater outfall on Cypress Creek, which could be the source of flow on the downstream end. I will check some GIS layers at work on Monday.
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted July 30, 2009 03:36 PM
Finally, The San Marcos Record published an article about the well drying up!
http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/local/local_story_209114241.htmlKeye Channel 42 ran a story, Jacob’s Well Iconic Spring Drying up in Wimberley last Tuesday. I haven't seen anything like this from the View as yet. This is serious and acting like it isn't happening, is not make it go away. Jacob's Well is Cypress Creek is Wimberley.
[This message has been edited by freewill (edited July 31, 2009).]
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