Bexar Metropolitan Water District had a meeting in Timberwood Park recently and told folks “the (water) tower is a done deal," when it is not and will never be in a sense. Of course, I found it disappointing that director Leslie Wenger and engineer Bobby Mengden were the only ones there to represent BexarMet.

They have a new general manager, but he and other board members were absent. Here is a $10 million project and they were absent. This was disappointing and disgusting. But the folks that have been going to other meetings know "the rest of the story.”

Wenger and Mengden told Timberwood at this meeting they had bought the land and so, basically, "pick out the color and the shrubbery.” Done deal.

They alluded to some new pipelines from Calico to West Oak Estates Drive and even said there was going to be some water from the Edwards Aquifer that would go to fill the new tank.

Here is the part that doesn't make sense: BexarMet has a water supply at Canyon Golf Road – a 30-inch pipe – and all it needed was a storage tank and electrical power. It would also be in pressure zone 1395.

With this tank, it requires pumping water some three miles to fill it. Then, the water will be pumped three more miles to the pressure zone in Stone Oak.

Here is why it will never be a done deal: It will take lots of power to move a million gallons every day forever. Did BexarMet even consider this? Do BM engineers have any numbers on this? Is this "going green”?

Probably the most inefficient system imagined is about to become added to the BexarMet system. It has never been a topic of discussion at any of the meetings. So for Bexar Met, this is not a done deal. Ratepayers will be paying forever.

Dean Benson is a resident of Timber Oaks North. BexarMet previously bought a lot in that neighborhood near Timberwood Park for a water storage tower before opting to buy an adjacent lot for a ground storage tank.