2010 Drought News

December 17, 2010 Central Texas in drought again Scarcely a year after one drought ended, another has gripped Central Texas. Parts or all of Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell counties are in a severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a...

2010 Groundwater News

November 17, 2010 Will Water Rights Be on the Legislature’s Agenda? Next legislative session, during the few minutes not taken up with the budget, redistricting and immigration, an old stand-by of an issue could creep onto the agenda: water. Observers say...

August 2010 News Archive

August 31, 2010 Texas Completes Key Groundwater Planning Step An intensive process to plan out the maximum depletion of aquifers over the next half-century has been completed just ahead of the Sept. 1 deadline. Read full Texas Tribune article here. August 30, 2010...

July 2010 News Archive

July 30, 2010 The Future of Water: GMA 9’s 30-foot drawdown decision could crimp future growth After nearly four years of hydrology modeling and politicking, representatives from groundwater districts in Kendall and eight other Hill Country counties decided...

June 2010 News Archive

June 30, 2010 Mobility bond package has little for Oak Hill TxDOT: Quick fix plan for the ‘Y’ in the works. Read full Oak Hill Gazette article here. June 29, 2010 The politics of transmission lines “People should be angry with our governor, their...