Our Watershed and Water Use

Some of our drinking water in New Braunfels comes from SURFACE WATER that is filtered and treated. What surface water sources do we use?

• The Ogallala Aquifer and Edwards Aquifer

• The Guadalupe River and Canyon Reservoir

• The Comal River and several local creeks

• Several large, local ponds and 10 rain catchment systems

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Much of our drinking water in New Braunfels comes from filtered and treated GROUNDWATER from aquifers. From which aquifer do we use the most water?

• The Ogallala Aquifer

• The Guadalupe River

• The Trinity Aquifer

• The Edwards Aquifer

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Wastewater that goes down our sinks, shower drains, and toilets WITHIN the city limits goes to -

• A wastewater treatment plant to be filtered, cleaned, and disinfected

• A massive sewage collection tank about 600 feet underground

• Drainage ditches that lead to local creeks, streams, and rivers

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The wastewater from homes and businesses OUTSIDE the city limits typically goes to -

• A wastewater treatment plant to be filtered, cleaned, and disinfected

• Underground septic tank systems

• Drainage ditches that lead to local creeks, streams, and rivers

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A wastewater treatment plant receives raw sewage and uses a series of processes to filter, clean, and disinfect it. Where does the cleaned and treated water usually go next?

• It is pumped out to homes, schools, and businesses to be used again

• It is bottled and sold to make money for the city

• It is released into a local creek or river

Storm drains keep the roads from flooding during a heavy rain. Runoff flows off the road and goes down into these drains. Then, this runoff water roads goes to -

• A wastewater treatment plant to be filtered, cleaned, and disinfected

• A local stream or creek in the watershed

• A large, underground water collection tank

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What is a watershed?

• One body of water that flows into another body of water

• A collection of water underground that can be used as a local water supply

• An area of land that drains into a specific body of water

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To which local watershed do we belong?

• Plum Creek Watershed

• Upper San Antonio River Watershed

• Middle Guadalupe River Watershed - Part A

• San Marcos River Watershed

The runoff in our local area flows into -

• The San Antonio River

• The Guadalupe River

• The San Marcos River

• Canyon Lake

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Water that collects in the cracks and spaces between rocks underground, and in the holes within rocks, is called -

• Interspatial water

• Groundwater

• Surface water

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