Spring Loaded - A Texas Water Heist
Texas's springs and aquifers are rapidly disappearing. While authorities are trained to use the word drought, Jay and Brett are the only ones asking why, before the truth disappears right along with the water.
Texas’ water is disappearing. Officials call it drought.
Central Texas is built on its springs — Jacob's Well, Barton Springs, San Marcos’ Spring Lake, Blue Hole that creates the River Walk in San Antonio — places generations have sworn were permanent. They aren't. Spring by spring, they're going quiet, and the official explanation is always the same: drought.
Jay Cresswell doesn't buy it. Neither does Brett, a hydrologist brought on board to help him investigate. She has a unique way of looking at the problem, and they make a pretty good team.
What they find when they start pulling the thread, it is a tale as old as time, use up the resources and react to the emergency…but how is it this time, the springs that have run for millions of years could disappear almost overnight.
Each chapter has its own set of content for orientation, images, or other read along material. As you read the book, follow along here, or by clicking a QR code or hyperlink in the eBook. Every link leads somewhere real. Start with the Chapter Index above — all 33 chapters, every map, every real place Jay and Brett explore.