{"id":389294,"date":"2026-07-28T16:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389294\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:43:07","slug":"poll-should-saws-ease-stage-3-water-restrictions-as-edwards-aquifer-reaches-4-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389294\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Should SAWS ease stage 3 water restrictions as Edwards Aquifer reaches 4-year high?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; The Edwards Aquifer has risen to 651.7 feet, its highest level in four years, after heavy rains across Central Texas. <\/p>\n<p>So far this year, the region has received 24.71 inches of rain, about 6 inches above normal, helping the aquifer recover nearly 28 feet from its 2026 low. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the rebound, Stage 3 watering restrictions remain in effect as SAWS continues monitoring the aquifer&#8217;s 10-day average before making any changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; The Edwards Aquifer has risen to 651.7 feet, its highest level in four years, after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-389294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}