‘Pray for rain’ — Frio River is flowing at one-third its usual rate
The Frio River, seen Feb. 15 at the FM 2690 crossing just south of Concan, is flowing at about 21 cubic feet per second — one-third its normal flow for this time of year. The river goes dry before reaching FM 2690.“The water is clean, and the water is good right now,” said Brett Rimkus, who operates the concessions at Garner State Park in Concan, 90 miles west of San Antonio. “If you want to get in the water, it is great. The river is still kind of low, but it is a lot better than last year.
. Since October, the river has been flowing at about 20 cubic feet per second, one-third its usual flow rate.The quality of the water is excellent right now. What worries Dick Earnest, president of Concan Water Supply Corp., is the quantity. The utility spent much of last summer - and more than $250,000 - trucking water to its water towers after most of its wells went dry.“We’re doing OK right now, but it’s just a matter of hoping we get some rain,” Earnest said.. The most recent weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that most of the Edwards Plateau is in moderate to severe drought.Wells “tend to go down when you put the pressure on them,” he said. “We’ll find out…when Spring Break starts.
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