Wastewater Projects

UGRA is committed to assisting in efforts to provide sewer systems to areas where septic systems pose a  threat to water quality.  UGRA has provided Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to assist the City of Ingram in developing a sewer system.  UGRA, Kerr County, the City of Kerrville, the State of Texas and Riverhill Country Club are partners in an effort to replace aging septic systems in a densely populated area known as Kerrville South.  The Project will put in place 1.5 Million Dollars of infrastructure and have a substantial positive environmental impact.

Trash-Free River Initiative

Eliminating trash from the Upper Guadalupe River is the goal of UGRA’s Trash-Free River Initiative.  The Initiative has four parts:  

• UGRA cleaning up nine crossings
• UGRA matching dollars to clean-up five additional crossings
• A River Clean-up Day

• Building a partnership to comprehensively address trash

UGRA successfully initiated its River Clean-up Program in November 2003 and now removes trash from fourteen river crossings. Five of these sites are co-sponsored by local businesses.  The sponsors for 2004 are Bank of the Hills, Comanche Trace, Gibson's Discount Center, Hill Country State Bank and the Kerrville Daily Times.   

A volunteer River Clean-up Day will take place on Saturday, August 14^th.  The River Clean-up Day will be a part of the Alamo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s “Good Turn for America ” program.  

UGRA is working to cultivate a multi-party partnership to jointly develop a comprehensive county-wide plan to eliminate trash from in and around the River.  It is anticipated that this plan will address prevention, including education, enforcement and capital projects, as well as restoration.

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