Rain stays in the forecastDespite the week's drops in the bucket, Bexar and neighbors dogged by ‘exceptional' drought.
UPDATE: Area flood advisory issued for San AntonioShowers moved across downtown San Antonio around noon and there is a 50 percent chance of continuing showers in the metro area.
More rain likely todayRain comes down, hopes go upWith any luck, Tuesday's showers were just the beginning of a week of relief to parched region.
Update: Heavy rainfall reported S.A. not yet under water restrictionsErrors led to the publication in Monday's edition of the San Antonio Express-News of a large San Antonio Water System advertisement mistakenly stating that the city is under drought restrictions, a spokeswoman for the utility said.
SAWS set to withdraw from its water bankNo-rainy-day fund in Carrizo Aquifer will be tapped in face of Edwards restrictions.
SAWS to pump from Carrizo Aquifer reserveSince 2004, the San Antonio Water System has pumped water from the Edwards Aquifer into an underground reserve in the Carrizo Aquifer, a reserve SAWS spokeswoman Anne Hayden described as a 16-billion-gallon "bubble of Edwards water."
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