The legal challenges that come with private property rights and Texas? growing need for water were the topic of the most recent Texas Water Symposium, held on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
Conservation News
El Paso Water buys Anschutz Ranch (El Paso Inc. 11-14-16)
El Paso Water, the city?s water utility, is buying another property in Dell Valley for its water, not its land ? the 18,000-acre CLM Ranch…
Proposed Vista Ridge contract change is a red flag (SAEN 10-31-16)
Ratepayers beware: now the San Antonio Water System wants to amend the city?s Vista Ridge contract a second time (see Brendon Gibbon?s Express-News article, Oct. 17), to make it still easier for Garney Construction to achieve ?financial closure.? Hmm?
Rising water bills have Magnolia residents concerned (Houston Chronicle 11-18-16)
Montgomery County residents left a recent town hall meeting with more questions than answers after the East 1488 Montgomery Community Association of Montgomery County hosted a forum for residents to voice their concerns over rising fees on their water bills.
Water storage main topic during symposium (Killeen Daily Herald 11-17-16)
While 2016 has been a wet year for Texas, it has been fairly common for the state to experience moderate to severe droughts, such as 2011, when an intense drought sparked rationing concerns. To address this issue, speakers at the 16th Annual Bell County Water Symposium focused on the possibilities of aquifer storage and recovery systems.
Montgomery County groundwater feud continues at town hall (Community Impact 11-15-16)
Hearing moved for company seeking new Odessa water supply (Odessa American 11-15-16)
The Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District voted to extend to January a hearing about whether to allow a company to export water for a new Odessa drinking supply.
Hearing scheduled for company seeking new Odessa water supply (Odessa American 11-13-16)
The Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District will consider authorizing a permit for the Republic Water Company of Texas that, if granted,…
Inside the City of San Angelo?s $43 Million Ranch Land Deal (Sanangelolive 11-8-16)
SAN ANGELO, TX – The City Council held a special executive session yesterday morning to approve negotiating a $43 million contract to buy approximately 32,000 acres that make up the Ford Ranch located just west…
Texas planners envision a county-wide ?grid? to provide clean water during droughts (Arch Paper 10-27-16)
In and around Waco, Texas, public officials are working to create a county-wide ?water grid? that would enable various water suppliers to work together to conserve and share water during droughts.