by admin | Mar 28, 2016 | Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Planning
Spanish energy company Abengoa SA (NASDAQ:ABGB) has obtained the support of about 75% of its lenders to reorganize its large debt and ask for additional time from the judiciary for negotiations targeted at preventing bankruptcy as per a document. The organization...
by admin | Mar 25, 2016 | News, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Planning
Missouri-based Garney Construction is now the owner of the Vista Ridge water pipeline project after attorneys representing the construction firm, former owner Abengoa Vista Ridge, and other partners came to an agreement on Tuesday afternoon. Garney was already a...
by admin | Mar 25, 2016 | News, Regional Planning
In recent years, urbanization has become a dominant narrative in American cities like Austin. Since the 1990s, Austin has touted the “smart growth” concept, which should have more people rushing to live centrally rather than in suburbs. And downtown Austin... by admin | Mar 24, 2016 | Vista Ridge Pipeline
One of the two great ironies of the Vista Ridge saga is how Abengoa was supposed to bolster the controversial water project but instead became an albatross that threatened to doom the pipeline before it ever could be built. As a behemoth in clean energy technologies,...
by admin | Mar 22, 2016 | News, Regional Planning, Transportation Planning
The rail district that has spent a decade and more than $26 million looking into a Georgetown to San Antonio commuter line, floundering after Union Pacific shut off the possibility of using its freight tracks, for now has survived one move to cut off critical funding....
by admin | Mar 21, 2016 | News, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Conservation
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) announced today the recipients of its annual Texas Rain Catcher Award, a rainwater harvesting competition and recognition program. The award recipients have displayed excellence in rainwater harvesting in Texas in five...
