by admin | May 5, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Resources
Two years have passed since Kendall County Water Control and Improvement District (WCID) No. 3 was introduced in Senate Bill (SB) 914, by Sen. Donna Campbell. As written, 1,055 acres were to be developed and more than 2,000 homes built, but it had no source for a...
by admin | May 4, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News
International Dark Sky communities are one step closer to using Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) dollars for infrastructure meant to reduce light pollution. House Bill (HB) 4158, authored by State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood), would give Dark Sky communities more...
by admin | Apr 26, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Water Quality, Water Resources
ALTAIR — For more than two months, the waters of Skull Creek have flowed black, its surface covered in an iridescent sheen. Yellowed fish skeletons line the pebbled banks of the Colorado River tributary, and a dizzying chemical odor hangs in the air. The odor is so...
by admin | Apr 26, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty
Lawmakers, lobbyists and landowners sparred at a Capitol committee hearing on Thursday over a batch of bills designed to protect property owners whose land may be seized by private companies to build oil and gas pipelines. A bipartisan — though largely Republican —...
by admin | Apr 23, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty
We can be fairly certain that gas pipeline giant Kinder Morgan didn’t have this consequence in mind when it decided to route a massive, nearly four-foot diameter gas pipeline through the Texas Hill Country and over the fragile Edwards Aquifer. That consequence is a...
