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Why are Austin’s trees having such a colorful autumn?

Why are Austin’s trees having such a colorful autumn?

Posted by admin | Nov 30, 2018 | News, Scenic Beauty

Austin is known for a lot of things, but fall foliage is not one of them. That is, until this year. Local trees are putting on an incredible color show lately. It seems like it came out of nowhere, but it didn’t. “This is my 24th fall in Austin, and I’ve never...
Water Forward plan including artificial aquifers, graywater reuse gets council nod

Water Forward plan including artificial aquifers, graywater reuse gets council nod

Posted by admin | Nov 29, 2018 | News, Water Planning, Water Resources

A 100-year water resiliency plan that calls for massive underground reservoirs and reuse of wastewater is now city policy after gaining the approval of the Austin City Council. The plan, dubbed Water Forward, has been in the works since 2014, when years of drought led...
Sen. Campbell files bill to address quarries, concrete plants in Texas Hill Country

Sen. Campbell files bill to address quarries, concrete plants in Texas Hill Country

Posted by admin | Nov 29, 2018 | Aggregate Production Operations, Legislature and Regulation, News

AUSTIN – State Senator Donna Campbell filed Senate Bill 208 today to extend requirements for setbacks, or buffer zones, around aggregate facilities. If passed, the bill would double the current 440 yard requirement between concrete plants or quarries and existing...
State judge sides with Dripping Springs in wastewater permit hearing

State judge sides with Dripping Springs in wastewater permit hearing

Posted by admin | Nov 29, 2018 | News, Water Quality, Water Resources

The city of Dripping Springs will proceed with its wastewater permit application after a state judge sided with the city on all 12 issues raised by Save Our Springs Alliance—an Austin-area environmental nonprofit. The State Office of Administrative Hearings conducted...
Meyer Ranch to add 1,600 homes in rural northwest

Meyer Ranch to add 1,600 homes in rural northwest

Posted by admin | Nov 28, 2018 | News, Planning and Development

With projects in Georgetown, Liberty Hill and Round Rock, developers Todd McCullough and Randy Rollo of Randolph Todd Development said they had an interest in expanding to the south end of the Austin-San Antonio corridor. Three years ago the Austin-based developers...
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