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Thousands of people tube down the Comal River in the spring and summer. [5] Tubing on the Comal provides a less intense alternative to tubing on the nearby Guadalupe River, where one may encounter frequent rapids and boulders to paddle around. [4] The Schlitterbahn Water Park is built on a 70-acre (280,000 m 2) tract adjacent to the river. [6]
The Comal Springs are fed by the Edwards Aquifer, a large karst aquifer that runs through most of central Texas. The aquifer consists of porous, water-bearing limestone features which channel rainfall and surface runoff from the aquifer's recharge zone down to various discharge zones, including the springs.
Comal was established on the in 1846 along the Old San Antonio Road, and was turned into a section houses for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad at the turn of the 19th century. In the 1980s and 2000, the community's population was 40. [2] It is also home to a St. Joseph's Church and cemetery. [3]
When the owner applied for a state permit that could pave the way for a subdivision, neighbors and environmentalists rallied against it in the name of protecting the area’s rivers and the ...
New Braunfels (/ ˈ b r ɔː n f ə l z / ⓘ BRAWN-fəlz) is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seat of Comal County. The city covers 44.9 square miles (116 km 2 ) and had a population of 90,403 as of the 2020 Census . [ 7 ]
Comal County is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metropolitan statistical area. Along with Hays and Kendall Counties, Comal was listed in 2017 of the nation's 10 fastest-growing large counties with a population of at least 10,000. In 2017, Comal County was second on the list; it grew by 5,675 newcomers, or 4.4% from 2015 to 2016.
The Comal Power Plant was originally a lignite (brown coal) power generating facility, built starting in 1925, in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas. [2] It was decommissioned in the 1970s, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1] It has since been converted to The Landmark Lofts apartments. [3]
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) has rights to the water in the conservation pool of the lake. This water is used to operate several small hydroelectric plants downstream from New Braunfels and for municipal water supply, irrigation, and industrial uses. GBRA built a hydroelectric facility at Canyon Dam in August 1987; it was put ...