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Recent rains have increased the flow at Cypress Creek, which surrounds Jacob’s Well. The swimming hole has been closed since June 2022. The flow at Jacob’s Well was zero in August, as has happened a few times in the past 25 years. Although recent rainfall boosted the flow rate to some of the highest in the past two years, swimming in Jacob’s Well was still prohibited. San Antonio Express-News (Texas), Jan 25, 2024 Jacob’s Well remained very low with water just a few inches deep in contrast to normal flows when water would be waist deep. The swimming hole may stay closed all summer as the flow is very slow, which can allow bacteria to flourish. The well stopped flowing for the fifth time in its recorded history in July 2022. There is no record of the well ever stopping flowing before 2000, but since then, the flow has stopped five times. KUT News (Austin, Texas), June 14, 2023 Despite wet weather in April, Jacob’s Well remained too low to safely permit swimming, according to officials, who anticipate that the well will not recover and be safe for swimming for quite some time. The well went dry for the fourth time in its recorded history in July 2022 when almost 90% of Hays County was in extreme drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor. San Antonio Express-News Online (Texas), May 1, 2023 Jacob’s Well, a spring fed swimming hole, was closed because the well stopped flowing. The water depth was eleven inches. The Barton Creek Greenbelt ran dry in May. KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin (Texas), July 8, 2022