Probably we’ll have to wait for Aqua to execute an agreement with the XS Ranch folks to know much more. But keep in mind a few facts: 1) the water must either come from the Colorado River or groundwater formations. 2) LCRA, which controls the river water, recently began discussing a moratorium on new firm water sales because of the ongoing two-year drought; and 3) the most likely groundwater source has to be the XS Ranch site itself, a project which anticipates building 7,000 residential units and 300,000 square feet of retail space while leaving 3,500 acres of its 9,700-acre project “undeveloped.”

So where do the wells go? Where does the water go and to what uses?

And why aren’t the Bastrop County Environmental Network and related groups asking these questions ahead of me and JacktheBear, etc., who are mostly amateurs in such matters?

And, Jack, we really said goodbye to “small town Bastrop” some time ago, in case you hadn’t noticed.