Topic – Water
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Water being trucked to dried up Spicewood, TX
Historic drought still lingers
As the historic drought continues, Spicewood is being forced to import water by truck
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Travis County considering water-use rules for development
Controversial vote pending
Travis County commissioners may vote soon on a controversial set of rules as a moratorium on development in the western part of the county is scheduled to end
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Contract awarded to dredge Intracoastal Waterway
Keeping waterways open
The US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has awarded a $3.3 million contract to dredge the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
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Salvaging Houston’s first underground reservoir
Many possibilities for bayou
Planners are looking for a way to use the rediscovered underground reservoir built near Buffalo Bayou and Sabine Street in 1927
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State denies bid for Brazos River rights
Large plan lacked specificity
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has turned away a Brazos River Authority request for more water to sell
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LCRA proposes water plan to meet ‘48% increase in demand’
More to cities, power plants
The LCRA published its draft water plan Tuesday, detailing stricter guidelines for releasing water to rice farmers and nearly doubling water reserves for cities
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El Paso leading the way with water reclamation
treated for non-potable use
Cities across the world are looking at El Paso that established water reclamation plants to reuse effluent for non-potable use, like watering parks.
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Trinity River water plan moving forward
Would go to Lake Houston
A plan to move Trinity River water to Lake Houston is said to be moving forward
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Texas Water Board recommends spending $52 billion to supply next half century of water
26 new reservoirs
To supply water for the expected 82 percent growth in population by 2060, Texas may have to spend $53bn on water infrastructure projects.
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Lawsuit pits whooping cranes against chemical companies and State of Texas
Fight for the Guadalupe river
The Aransas Project is suing the State of Texas for neglecting the freshwater inflow needs of bays crucial to endangered whooping cranes.
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