Urban Waters and the San Antonio River Basin within Bexar County (Texas)

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Sustainable Communities: San Antonio

The San Antonio River Basin extends through 15 counties in south Texas. The San Antonio River, with its headwaters in Bexar County, is the basin’s major river flowing 240 miles to San Antonio Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

San Antonio’s rivers and creeks have been at the core of the communities that have flourished in the region throughout history. Their significance has spanned from pre-colonial times, to the founding of the San Antonio Missions, to the Riverwalk today.

The San Antonio River and many of the creeks that feed into it are surrounded by an urbanized landscape. This development has damaged local waterways’ ecosystems and isolated large portions of the populace from rivers and streams.

The San Antonio community is making significant investments to maintain connections to its waterways and restore damaged ecosystems. The San Antonio partnership’s goals include:

• ecosystem restoration
• trail system development
• water quality improvement and
• improved flood mitigation

Local Partnership Workplan

List of Partners