by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 19, 2024 | Community, Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, Linked Stories, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Texas’ most populous cities lost roughly 88 billion gallons of water last year because of aging water infrastructure and extreme heat, costing them millions of dollars and straining the state’s water supply, according to self-reported water loss audits. The documents... by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 18, 2024 | Community, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Linked Stories, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
County Commissioner Damon Beierle and Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District General Manager Mitchell Sodek were among 50 regional officials at a Hill Country Alliance summit on how natural resources can be better managed and preserved. Beierle said the June... by Leah Cuddeback | Jun 27, 2024 | Community, HCA in the News, Legislature and Regulation, Linked Stories, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Hill Country leaders discussed opportunities for innovative water management at the recent Hill Country Leadership Institute meeting on June 20. The meeting took place at Wimberley’s Blue Hole Primary School, 15900 Winters Mill Parkway. During the meeting, over two... by Leah Cuddeback | Jun 27, 2024 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, Linked Stories, News, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The San Antonio Water System officially entered Stage 3 watering restrictions for the first time in the utility’s 30-year history on Tuesday. Under the new watering rules ordinance, which was approved by the City Council last week, all SAWS customers — including those... by Leah Cuddeback | Jun 24, 2024 | Community, Events, HCA in the News, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
Wimberley, TX – With a growing population, increasing demand on water resources, and recurring drought conditions, community leaders from across the Hill Country are thinking hard about how to manage growth while protecting our water supply. That was the focus... by Leah Cuddeback | Jun 17, 2024 | Drought, Linked Stories, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Resources
A heat dome is a high-pressure system that, because physics, traps heat and keeps it there. That pressure system’s atmospheric energy is hard to bust up: The high pressure above is met with the rising heat below, which makes the system especially stubborn and...
