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Critics set to push back against Comal County project that calls for 1,400 homes, wastewater plant

Posted by | Jun 8, 2023 | Community, Legislature and Regulation, News, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources

Environmental groups are asking Texas regulators to say no to a proposed Comal County development that calls for 1,400 homes and a plant that could release 600,000 gallons of treated wastewater a day into a creek that feeds the Comal River. The Texas Commission on...

WATCH: Panelists discuss managing Hill Country development amid finite water resources

Posted by | Jun 7, 2023 | County Authority, Economics of Sound Planning, HCA in the News, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, Native Landscapes, News, Regional Planning, Water Planning

Partnerships among land developers, public entities and nonprofits will be vital in managing the Texas Hill Country’s water resources in the coming years, experts said during a panel discussion Wednesday hosted by the San Antonio Report. But whether state legislators...

Kerr County goes big on BMPs: Operators, community activists and the local government are working together to create a more collaborative environment through a focus on voluntary best management practices

Posted by | May 30, 2023 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, County Authority, HCA in the News, Legislature and Regulation, News, Regional Planning, Uncategorized

In Texas Hill Country, where there had been an acrimonious relationship between aggregate producers and local residents, the two groups came together – along with local government officials and business people – to develop a voluntary best management practice (BMP)...

House advances bill that could provide billions of dollars for new water projects and fixing aging infrastructure

Posted by | May 22, 2023 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources

A new fund to jumpstart massive water supply projects and fix aging water infrastructure across the state would be created under legislation that received approval from the Texas House on Wednesday, in a vote of 136-8. The fund could get between $1 billion and $3...

Hundreds turn out to oppose permit for Hill Country wastewater plant

Posted by | May 16, 2023 | Community, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources

As many as 300 people packed into a ballroom of a DoubleTree hotel on the city’s Northwest Side for a public hearing to voice their opposition to the construction of a wastewater plant that would dump millions of gallons of treated effluent into Helotes Creek....