by admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Water Planning
by Jensie Madden, Comal County, TX, with the Comal County Conservation Alliance Letter to the Editor of New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Published June 11, 2019 As the 86th session of the Texas Legislature draws to a close, I am celebrating the passage of legislation to...
by admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Aggregate Production Operations, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines
The hearing on the merits against Vulcan Construction Materials ended early Tuesday afternoon. Approximately 80 people attended the two-day hearing, including Comal County residents currently living near the proposed quarry site, many of whom would share a fence line...
by admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Riparian Management, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
Remember the Joni Mitchell song “They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot”? Well, imagine you are on the Governing Board of the New Braunfels Utility and the staff proposes a plan to parcel off sections of a valuable 16 acres tract of land – once the fleet,...
by admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
DALLAS (AP) — About 1,000 people arrive in Texas each day, drawn by jobs, newly built homes and other opportunities. But in a state where prolonged drought is a regular occurrence, officials are struggling to ensure they can sate everyone’s thirst. Water experts are...
by admin | Jun 3, 2019 | News, Water Planning, Water Resources
Last spring, the North Texas Municipal Water District broke ground on the first major manmade lake Texas has seen in nearly three decades – Bois d’Arc Lake. Recently, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court welcomed an update from NTMWD on the project. Bois d’Arc Lake...
