The smart management of our aquifers should be Texas? top priority.
Source: William McKenzie: Texas can?t wait to develop water strategy for the future | Dallas Morning News
Conservation News
Puente: Water policy study a ?joke?
San Antonio Water System CEO Robert Puente dispensed with political correctness Monday in discussing a draft of a water policy study that was leaked to me last week. Last year, Nirenberg asked for a comprehensive study of San Antonio?s long-term water security. The city selected the Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources to develop it, and Fair Oaks Ranch agreed to pay for it in exchange for a portion of the city?s extraterritorial jurisdiction. When the report was leaked last week, city officials still hadn?t made it public nor even briefed the entire City Council on its contents.
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Leaked draft of water report raises eyebrows at city hall – KABB – San Antonio
Shift to Lake Conroe surface water set for fall in Woodlands – Houston Chronicle
The plan to reduce Montgomery County’s use of its shrinking ground water supply – a plan 14 years in the making – is set to come to fruition this week, as the San Jacinto River Authority begins pumping surface water from Lake Conroe to The Woodlands and parts of the county. Over the past few years, the SJRA has gradually boosted the water pumpage rate to help offset the costs of the Groundwater Reduction Plan, a nearly half-billion dollar project to construct and operate a water treatment plant on Lake Conroe, a pumping station and more than 50 miles of water pipeline installation. While some residents were shocked by high water bills in the mail this month, Ronda Trow, public relations manager for the SJRA, attributed the rise in costs to a spike in water usage during August’s drought conditions, as the higher pumpage fees didn’t kick in until Sept. 1 and the SJRA has yet to implement the surface water fees.
Source: Shift to Lake Conroe surface water set for fall in Woodlands – Houston Chronicle
Residents criticize, question San Antonio plan to tap Burleson County water – The Eagle: Local News
Public commentors thwarted at Groundwater meeting – Elgin Courier: News
Groundwater management should not be done by lawsuit – Your Houston News: Opinion
Court rules in favor of water district; Williams is expected to appeal – MRT.com: Top Stories
California Groundwater Law Tests State?s Capacity to Oversee A Vital Resource | Circle of Blue WaterNews
A year after passage, California begins building a new regulatory infrastructure Photo ? Brett Walton / Circle of Blue Sprinklers irrigate a field of cauliflower outside Watsonville, in California?s Pajaro Valley. This region relies almost exclusively on groundwater to produce some of the most valuable fruit and vegetable harvests in the United States. Click image ?