by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Texas’ rivers are iconic. The groundwater that sustains them is invisible. We see the dichotomy in state law. Naturally flowing water in rivers and streams is owned by the state and held in trust for the public good. That’s because we can see that water and what it...
by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) $72,632,000 to provide low-interest loans to fund clean water projects in Texas. EPA provided the grant under the Clean Water Act’s Clean Water State Revolving...
by admin | Jun 30, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
From the moment Kinder Morgan and its business partners announced that their 430-mile Permian Highway Pipeline would cross the Texas Hill Country, landowners, environmentalists, elected officials and groundwater protection agencies along or near the route have fought...
by admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Environmental officials in Texas and other western states are moving ahead on plans to allow oil and gas companies to treat drilling wastewater and discharge it into rivers and streams, even as the Trump administration balks at endorsing the practice amid widespread...
by admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Public Lands, Scenic Beauty, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
I’m a spring-fed freshwater swimming nut. Rivers and creeks are my thing, as long as they’re unspoiled, untamed, and unchlorinated—the clearer, the better. The sweetest water I’ve ever seen was on a ranch near the headwaters of the West Fork of the Nueces, out in the...
by admin | Jun 25, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Texas water conservation practices have not improved in the last four years. June 23rd, 2020 – Austin, TX – The Texas Living Waters Project released the 2020 Texas Water Conservation Scorecard, an in-depth analysis and ranking of the water conservation... 
