by Leah Cuddeback | Feb 27, 2024 | Groundwater Resources, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Quality, Water Resources
A milk jug of muddy water accompanied one landowners comments at a meeting Monday night. The brown liquid was meant to represent effluent, wastewater that has been treated and then reused. Read more from Eric Henrikson with KXAN here. by Leah Cuddeback | Feb 12, 2024 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, Linked Stories, News, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
At a joint meeting Friday, conservation agencies shared their plan to act against water utility company Aqua Texas for allegedly failing to comply with local conservation guidelines. Read more from Mercedez Hernandez with KXAN here. by Leah Cuddeback | Feb 10, 2024 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Linked Stories, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Environmental advocates are pushing back against the city of Kyle’s plan to expand its wastewater treatment plant — a step city leaders say is necessary to keep up with rapid population growth. Kyle — which is in northern Hays County, between San Marcos and Austin... by Leah Cuddeback | Feb 6, 2024 | Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Linked Stories, News, Regional Planning
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation recently announced the awarding of a $502,000 grant that will fund a groundwater study as part of an initiative meant to protect the Camp Bulls military mission and the surrounding area. Read more from Edmond Ortiz with Community... by Leah Cuddeback | Feb 1, 2024 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, Linked Stories, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Parts of Central Texas, including San Antonio, have seen a rainy start to 2024, with more than six inches of precipitation in January. But the Bandera area has seen far less — just two inches in the past month. And that matters across the region, because many of the... by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 31, 2024 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Linked Stories, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Resources
Many of America’s critical sources of underground water are in a state of rapid and accelerating decline, a new study has found. More than half of the aquifers in the United States (53 percent) are losing water, according to research published Wednesday in Nature....
