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Topic: Jacob's Well has stopped flowing completely
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted June 24, 2009 02:40 PM
 
Jacob’s Well has ceased to flow (for over a week now) making Cypress Creek a nasty stinking stagnant polluted non-flowing waterway. The creek behind Inoz is down about 6 inches from the top of their little dam and even the ducks aren’t sure they want to swim in it. I can only imagine what Blue Hole looks like and wonder if it has been or should be closed because of the health risks. I’m wondering if the gravity will start to suck the nasty creek water into the aquifer via Jacob's Well and pollute our ground water. Has anyone ever prepared for such a happening?To monitor the flow of Jacob's Well on the USGS site, go to;
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/uv?cb_00060=on&format=gif_default&period=14&site_no=08170990 [This message has been edited by freewill (edited June 26, 2009).]
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Tbaseflug
Member Posts: 193
From: Wimberley, TX, USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted June 24, 2009 04:09 PM
When I stop getting reports from AquaTexas that our drinking water contains acceptable levels of fecal contaminant - I will start to worry about stagnat pond water next[This message has been edited by Tbaseflug (edited June 24, 2009).]
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XIIthMan
Member Posts: 309
From: Wimberley, TX
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted June 27, 2009 06:56 PM
Drinking water should have zero fecal coliforms, but don't worry, they don't live in a dry environment. No more water, no more bacteria.
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted June 28, 2009 11:04 AM
Jacob’s Well is still dead however, yesterday (Saturday 6/27), as if by magic, I saw water flowing heavily over the dam at the RR12 bridge in back of Inoz, although Jacob’s Well isn’t flowing at all. Water is now flowing pretty good at the dam in the City of Woodcreek where Woodcreek Dr. crosses over the creek. The water remains stagnant and no flow is present at the Jacob’s Well road bridge just a little further upstream. How could this be?From my observations, I suspect someone is pouring well water into the creek somewhere in or around Camp Young Judea which I do not have access to. Maybe this is an effort to keep the camp, Blue Hole and Inoz in business. It’s funny, this started just at the beginning of this weekend and I believe to keep the swimmers in Camp Young Judea and Blue Hole as well as the tourists in town. Now this morning (Sunday 6/28) the flow has slowed quite a bit. It appears that the source for yesterday’s heavier flow has subsided or been turned off. I’ll be watching next weekend to see if the creek runs again and get some pictures this time. I have long been suspicious that this was happening and now I’m convinced it is. The fact that Jacob’s Well has not been flowing a drop of water for almost 2 weeks and not made the news is suspicious. I suspect this would turn away tourists to Wimberley. If someone is pouring well water into Cypress Creek to fill it, this is a terrible waste of water from the aquifer and the persons responsible should be exposed. I don’t know if this would be illegal or not but maybe someone from the WVWA or HTGCD could shed some light on this subject.
[This message has been edited by freewill (edited July 01, 2009).]
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starstruck
Member Posts: 588
From: Hays
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted June 28, 2009 11:24 AM
It sounds so far fetched........but water flow cannot increase without rain.....or can it?
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Mr Chievous
Member Posts: 122
From: Wimberley, TX USofA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted June 28, 2009 11:32 AM
It seems odd that it's not newsworthy with the View or even the WVWA website. It seems that when the flow got to miniscule levels in the past, it was big news. From the original post, I was suprised to see the reasonable water level near the Woodcreek resort area, today. I'd sure like to know the explanation...
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted June 28, 2009 12:23 PM
There are at least 2 reasons that Jacob’s well drying up is not making it to the media right now;1. There is no immediate election scheduled. Water or the lack of it has long been used as a political weapon in these parts. Just before the election, last year, the stoppage of the well made headlines stressing the need for conservation and more “responsible” government officials. Now it is not so important, or so it seems. 2. Jacob’s Well drying up (this time of year) is not good for Wimberley merchants that rely on the tourist trade. It’s kind of like shark attacks at the beach. I know that David Baker and Jack Hollon hang out here from time to time, maybe one of them would like to chime in. [This message has been edited by freewill (edited June 30, 2009).]
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted June 29, 2009 09:22 PM
Update: June 29, 2009 Water is still being poured or pumped into Cypress Creek above the Woodcreek Drive crossing by unknown persons. Sad to say, Jacob’s Well still hasn’t produced a drop of water.
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Mr Chievous
Member Posts: 122
From: Wimberley, TX USofA
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted June 29, 2009 10:25 PM
Sounds like a posse is warranted. I believe I'm in for some tracking down some water-hogging weasels.
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viglenn
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Registered: Dec 2007
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posted June 30, 2009 08:04 PM
Freewill, did you actually see the water being dumped or is there a well there that someone is pumping from? Wonder if there is a spring under the pond??
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted June 30, 2009 08:25 PM
I didn’t see anyone pumping or pouring. It’s just that right now, Jacob’s Well is supplying no water, yet water is coming out the other end of the creek. It hasn’t rained, so where does the water come from?About a week ago there was no water movement in the creek at all and it was low and stagnant behind Inoz restaurant. Then, magically, just before last weekend it began to flow at that point and actually top the little dam there. That unexpected fact made me suspicious. The water in the creek upstream at the Jacob’s Well Road Crossing was/is still low, stagnant and receding. That water has to come from somewhere and I guess an unknown natural artesian well is possible but very unlikely. All I want is someone with authority and access to the area to investigate. The saddest thing of all is that the loss of Jacob’s Well is not even making it to the media. Maybe they don’t want the tourists to know. All you have to do is look at the creek where it crosses Jacob’s Well Road.
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wymjym
Member Posts: 223
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Registered: May 2001
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posted July 01, 2009 09:01 AM
Okay, I’ll throw some unsubstantiated statements into the mix.
20 years a go our builder told stories of how the developers of WoodCreekNorth would ‘open up the valves’ so that water would be flowing within WCN on the weekends when potential buyers would visit the area.
No facts here, just a nice nasty story.
Can’t someone simply walk up the ‘creek’ until they find the area of increased flow?
Or???????
wj
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freewill
Member Posts: 211
From: Wimberley Area
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted July 01, 2009 11:29 AM
The story sounds plausible and probably did happen.
Trespass laws will not permit walking up or down the creek. It is all private property.
According to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District it is a “violation to allow Groundwater to flow into a pond or creek”.
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XIIthMan
Member Posts: 309
From: Wimberley, TX
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted July 01, 2009 12:24 PM
We were told the same story as Wymjym. That back in the day, the lake was filled up using groundwater.
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starstruck
Member Posts: 588
From: Hays
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted July 01, 2009 05:05 PM
Hey freewill, I just checked the link in your first post and it says the well is flowing although at a meager 3 ft per second. It does seem to bounce around a little bit. I doubt it solves the mystery, but check it out.
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