The decision adds another twist in an ongoing water war.
Source: State agency rejects Montgomery County aquifer plan – HoustonChronicle.com
The decision adds another twist in an ongoing water war.
Source: State agency rejects Montgomery County aquifer plan – HoustonChronicle.com
The Texas Water Development Board rejected the LSGCD’s proposed management plan.
Source: Texas Rejects LSGCD Board’s Proposed Water Management Plan
Williamson County officials fear that a bill calling for a study on the area?s groundwater may be a roundabout way to regulate and tax their residents.
Texas Groundwater Districts were created for local stewardship of groundwater supplies, a resource Texas Courts have consistently ruled that landowners already have the right to use. However, it appears that some groundwater districts have been making rules and decisions based on politics rather than science.
AUSTIN?Although a pair of administrative law judges recommended the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality deny a permit application for a hazardous waste landfill near Altair early last Wednesday morning, attorneys
Source: TCEQ could still grant Clean Harbors permit | Colorado County Citizen
A new group managing aquifers in the growing region is challenging how much needs to be conserved.
Source: Political takeover upends Montgomery County?s drinking water war – HoustonChronicle.com
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill weeks after a federal judge blocked the existing state law in response to a lawsuit.
Source: Texas narrows law barring contractors from boycotting Israel | The Texas Tribune
Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, recently issued an opinion regarding the ability of a Texas Groundwater Conservation District to limit the definition of ?agricultural crop? under its rules. [Read full opinion here.]? Although not binding on a court, this opinion could potentially impact GCDs and producers around the state. Background Senator Bob Hall, Chair of the Texas Senate Committee on Agriculture requested an opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on an interesting legal question.? Specifically, Senator Hall wanted to know how the Attorney General thought a court… Read More ?
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Joel Pigg, 979-845-1461, j-pigg@tamu.edu Dr. Diane Boellstorff, 979-458-3562, dboellstorff@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Joel Pigg is combining his Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and water conservation district experie
Source: Pigg new coordinator of Texas Well Owner Network program | AgriLife Today