A local grassroots activist group, Save Burnet, has been battling for two years against the progress of a proposed 715-acre rock quarry that would lie along Hoover Valley Road just outside of the city of Burnet. The group is hosting a public meeting on the status of the fight and how the future may hold.
Source: Save Burnet hosting public meeting on rock crusher status | DailyTrib.com
On August 21, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation cut the allotment of river water to Arizona, California and Nevada.
Source: How drought and demand pushed the Colorado River toward crisis | Reuters
As Corpus Christi reels from a severe water crisis, debates rage on at the city level and in a top targeted fight for state House District 34, currently held by a Republican.
Source: One of the Top Texas House Races Could Come Down to a Single Issue: Water | Texas Observer
Last year, less than 30% of data centers responded to a state-mandated water usage survey conducted by the Texas Water Development Board.
Source: Texas could penalize data centers for not reporting water use | The Texas Tribune
Brace for a rocky few months, y’all. Rain totals expected to skyrocket and average temps should dip.
Source: Snow or hail? What a ‘Super El Niño’ could mean for Texas. | mySA
Government Market News | | Cybersecurity is quickly changing the definition of water infrastructure | Cyberattacks targeting water utilities are driving investment in software, control systems, cybersecurity and other infrastructure modernization projects.
JOAQUIN — The ground is swelling under a small East Texas town along the state border, where oil and gas wastewater is flowing up from old oil and gas wells and bursting into an aquifer used for drinking water.
A recent Texas Water Foundation policy brief explores how treated produced water could contribute to Texas’ future water supply.
Governor Greg Abbott has directed the TWDB to compel “major” water users, including data centers, to comply with statutory water-use reporting requirements and pursue legal consequences for past and future noncompliance