NewsDrop Winter 2022

FRP T IMEL INE

2019 EAC ACQUIRES EASEMENT The City of San Antonio transfers ownership of an easement property to the Edwards Aquifer Conservancy (EAC). The property, now known as the EAA Field Research Park, or FRP, is leased by the EAA from the EAC.

2021 DATA COLLECTION LIFT OFF The FRP hosted its first volunteer event on National Public Lands from the various land management and research studies occurring on the property. Day and continued collecting rich data

2020 RESEARCH TAKES ROOT EAA staff and contractors initiate work to construct a land management demonstration site while also installing data collection equipment designed to monitor weather, soil moisture, evapotranspiration, and groundwater levels.

2022 EXPLORING THE RECHARGE ZONE This fall was an eventful time on the FRP, which included: flying hi resolution drone-based LiDAR, and installing multiple 30-foot-deep boreholes to collect data within the vadose zone; plus, installing a pan evaporation station. Moreover, in December, a new monitoirng well was added to the FRP water well network, with a fifth planned for early 2023 to aid in better understading of groundwater behavior and characteristics at the FRP.

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