Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Economics of Sound Planning, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Uncategorized, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
Texas A&M University at Galveston Professor Sam Brody testified in a recent U.S. Senate hearing on reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), urging the committee to not only reauthorize the program, but expand it using existing sources,...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Drought, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
As I sipped coffee and poked through the news early Monday morning, I saw the warning from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT): prepare for rolling blackouts. It wasn’t unexpected. Temperatures have been breaking records left and right across Texas, with...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Drought, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Leaders around Central Texas say we need to take water conservation more seriously before it’s too late. Now Travis County commissioners are taking a closer look at the area’s water supplies. The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is responsible for...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Resources
The air was thick as the sun was setting. The temperature had dropped just a little by Monday evening, but it didn’t do much to help with the sweltering heat. It didn’t faze the more than 70 homeowners, who live along or near County Road 284 in Williamson County, and...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
It is obvious to any Texan that we are in a horrific drought. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, more than 80% of Texas has been facing drought conditions most of the year. Extreme or worse drought now covers 51% of the state. The drought is hurting water...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 15, 2022 | Community, Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Odessa city officials are still investigating what caused a massive water line break that left the city without water for 48 hours last month. But they’ve shared one important detail: The water line was about 60 years old. “Aging water systems are common throughout...
