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Final Report for Deep Aquifer Biota Study of the Edwards Aquifer 1707 W. FM 1626 Manchaca, Texas 78652 www.zaraenvironmental.com FINAL REPORT FOR DEEP AQUIFER BIOTA STUDY OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER Prepared for: Edwards Aquifer Authority 1615 N. St. Mary's Street San Antonio, TX 78215 30 December 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5 Project Logistics ...................................................................................................... 5 Project Development ............................................................................................... 5 Sample Location Criteria ....................................................................................... 6 Edwards Aquifer Fauna Sampling .............................................................................. 7 Methods ................................................................................................................. 8 Locating Sample Sites ............................................................................................. 8 Establishing Landowner Agreements (Well Letters) .................................................. 8 Biological Sampling Procedures ............................................................................... 11 Trapping Methods .............................................................................................. 11 Specimen Collection and Identification ..................................................................... 14 Results ................................................................................................................. 15 Historic Blind Catfish sites ...................................................................................... 21 Artesia Pump Station Well .................................................................................. 21 Artesian well in San Antonio................................................................................ 23 Bexar Metropolitan Water District Well ................................................................. 23 El Patio Foods Well ............................................................................................ 24 El Patio Foods Well no. 2 .................................................................................... 26 George W. Brackenridge Well .............................................................................. 26 Josef Boecke Well .............................................................................................. 27 O.R. Mitchell Well .............................................................................................. 27 Verstraeten Well No. 1 ....................................................................................... 28 William Kempin Well .......................................................................................... 29 Collaborative Results ............................................................................................. 31 Fish Collections ................................................................................................. 31 Crustacean Collections ....................................................................................... 32 Microbial analysis .............................................................................................. 33 Stable isotope analysis ....................................................................................... 33 Current Study Results ........................................................................................... 34 New locality records ........................................................................................... 34 Aldridge 209 Well .............................................................................................. 35 Aldridge Corporate Well ...................................................................................... 42 Aquarena Springs Well ....................................................................................... 45 Bexar Met Well #8 ............................................................................................. 45 Bexar Met Well #91 ........................................................................................... 45 Carroll Farms Well ............................................................................................. 46 City of Kyle Well ................................................................................................ 46 Constanzo Well #2 ............................................................................................ 47 Fort Sam Houston Well #2 .................................................................................. 48 Fort Sam Houston Well #5 .................................................................................. 50 Girl Scout Well .................................................................................................. 51 Homer Verstuyft Well ......................................................................................... 52 Hondo Index Well .............................................................................................. 55 Jeff Bailey Well .................................................................................................. 55 LCRA Well ......................................................................................................... 56 Loop 353 Well ................................................................................................... 57 2 Lyda (Fallon) Partin Well .................................................................................... 60 Mark Verstuyft Well ........................................................................................... 60 Mission Bowling Well .......................................................................................... 60 Nelson Road Well ............................................................................................... 61 New Braunfels Transect Wells ............................................................................. 62 Panther Canyon Well .......................................................................................... 62 Paradise Alley Well ............................................................................................ 64 Persyn Well ....................................................................................................... 64 Raymond Wauters Well ...................................................................................... 65 Roger Verstuyft Well .......................................................................................... 66 Roosevelt Bridge Springs .................................................................................... 67 San Antonio Zoo Well ......................................................................................... 68 San Marcos Flagpole Well ................................................................................... 70 Schumann Artesian Well ..................................................................................... 71 Schumann House Well ........................................................................................ 71 Shavano Park #5 ............................................................................................... 73 Steve’s Homestead (San Antonio Conservation Society) ......................................... 73 Stull Farms Well ................................................................................................ 74 Tschirhart Well .................................................................................................. 75 Uvalde Index Well.............................................................................................. 82 Verstuyft Farms Well .......................................................................................... 82 Verstuyft Home Farm Well .................................................................................. 83 Von Ormy Growers Well ..................................................................................... 84 W.H. Guenther Well ........................................................................................... 85 Woodley Farms Well No. 1 .................................................................................. 85 Woodley Farms Well No. 2 .................................................................................. 86 Yanta Well ........................................................................................................ 86 Discussion and Future Work ................................................................................. 88 Staff and Contributors .......................................................................................... 91 Zara Staff ............................................................................................................ 91 Taxonomic Experts ................................................................................................ 92 Bibliography ......................................................................................................... 94 Appendix .............................................................................................................. 97 Glossary ............................................................................................................. 108 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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