by admin | May 2, 2017 | Groundwater Resources, News, Water Conservation, Water Planning
The recent City Council kerfuffle over year-round watering restrictions should not be the end of the matter. The current San Antonio Water System rate structure encourages wasting water by subsidizing large water users. This amounts to a tax on ordinary people to pay...
by admin | May 1, 2017 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News
On Thursday, April 27th, the House Natural Resources Committee passed House Bill 4122 out of Committee at a formal meeting at Chairman Larson’s desk on the House floor. The introduced version of this bill allowed a landowner with 1,000 acres or more and within...
by admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Groundwater Resources, News, Special Districts, Water Planning
Developers behind two large subdivisions proposed in Kendall County are asking the Legislature to create a pair of special districts to help finance construction of roads and other infrastructure. Some residents are upset over not being alerted earlier by state and...
by admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Special Districts
Jessica Goode | Boerne Star | Slipping in with the proposition of a new development, another special purpose water district is on the Texas legislative floor. If it passes, Senate Bill 914, sponsored by Republican Senator Donna Campbell, will create the Kendall County...
by admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News
Jessica Goode | Boerne Star | Trying to stay ahead of potentially detrimental legislation, Cow Creek Groundwater and Conservation District directors listened to a litany of proposed house and senate bills that threaten local control and aquifer sustainability. At the...
by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, Land Stewardship, News
When it rains in Texas, it falls predominantly on a privately-owned farm, ranch or timberland. How that land is managed will have consequences for the future of Texas water. That’s a cornerstone message of “No Land No Water,” a new public awareness campaign of the...
