Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 4, 2023 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, HCA in the News, Hill Country Tourism, News, Night Skies, Planning and Development
DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) — The Hill Country Alliance, a non-profit focused on conserving and protecting the Texas Hill Country, will host the latest of its Hill Country Eclipse Roundtables on July 25th. The total solar eclipse, happening on April 8th, 2024, is...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 10, 2023 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, Drought, Economics of Sound Planning, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, News, Planning and Development, Rainwater Harvesting, Regional Planning, Texas Water Symposium, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
In 2022, San Antonio received only a third of its average annual rainfall. Kerrville received 12.38 inches, 60% below its normal average. Popular swimming holes from Jacobs Well in Wimberley to the Guadalupe River near Center Point dried up. The Pedernales, Llano...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Feb 27, 2023 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, One Water, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Black and Hispanic people and those living in low-income Texas communities are highly concerned about the quality of their drinking water, a new survey shows. Commissioned by the nonprofit organization Texas Water Trade, the survey included responses from 650...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Feb 8, 2023 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, News
Heat-related deaths in Texas last year reached a new high for this century amid a sharp rise in migrant deaths and soaring temperatures enhanced by climate change, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of state data going back to 1999. In 2022, Texas saw its...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Feb 8, 2023 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development
By the glow of a flashlight, Stacy McAlpine and her 10-year-old granddaughter played Go Fish and other card games as they snuggled up next to a propane fireplace. Thirty miles south in Robertson County, Elizabeth Smith and her husband cooked freeze-dried camp food...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Dec 19, 2022 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, Drought, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
For Texas’ water sector, 2022 was a rough year. Stories about failing infrastructure, drought and even floods captured state headlines. Many of these stories were grim and endured by millions across the state. Texans had to live without or boil their water, flee...