Bastrop got the final go-ahead last week to pump more than 652 million gallons of groundwater annually from a well at XS Ranch, a 9,000-acre planned community north of the city. It was the culmination of a yearslong battle…
Conservation News
Murr hosts groundwater meeting (Hill Country Community Journal 10-21-16)
?I believe that it is important to stay in tune with those people who are our boots on the ground when it comes to groundwater management and conservation,?…
Taking the long view on water conservation in Texas (TribTalk 10-20-16)
Utility customers in drought-afflicted areas in Texas have lately been faced with what appears, on the surface, to be a paradox: watching their water bills go up even as they use less…
The Q&A: Gabe Collins and Hilmar Blumberg (Texas Tribune 10-18-16)
Gabe Collins and Hilmar Blumberg are co-authors of an article about an alternative form of groundwater management by local groundwater districts…
The latest big water idea for Texas – underground storage (Abilene Reporter-News 10-15-16)
AUSTIN ? Drought-prone Texas missed an opportunity in 2015 and 2016 when one of the strongest El Ni?os on record deluged the state, sending trillions of gallons more than normal into the sea,…
As water pipeline route takes shape, some landowners wary SAEN 10-14-16)
Easements set for 40% of route, but others want to wait and see…
TWCA “Confluence – October 2016”
Sen. Perry gives overview of upcoming session at HPWD’s meeting (Lubbock Avalanche Journal 10-11-16)
Mississippi?s Claim That Tennessee Is Stealing Groundwater Is A Supreme Court First – Circle of Blue
A dispute over an aquifer that crosses political boundaries could expand water rights law. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Sometime in the next few months, lawyers for the state of Mississippi will stand before a U.S. Supreme Court-appointed legal expert, clear their throats, and argue that Tennessee, a neighbor, is stealing water. However it [?]
Source: Mississippi?s Claim That Tennessee Is Stealing Groundwater Is A Supreme Court First – Circle of Blue
Kathy Turner Jones | Community Impact Newspaper
Oct 5, 2016: Kathy Turner Jones has served as general manager of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District since its creation in 2002. Jones has 26 years of exper