by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 31, 2022 | Drought, News, One Water, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
It’s easy to turn up your nose at what you flush down your toilet, but once the city cleans that wastewater, it can benefit the San Antonio River. Treated effluent makes up 90 percent of the flow in the river. It keeps aquatic plants and animals alive. It cools... by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 31, 2022 | Economics of Sound Planning, Equity in the Outdoors, Groundwater Resources, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The National Science Foundation recently announced project awards for its Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) planning grant program, and the team led by Wendy Jepson, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute associate director and University Professor of Geography in...
by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 27, 2022 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Hill Country water advocates from across the region gathered in Bandera, TX on October 13th for a day of learning, connecting, and strategizing for water stewardship in our region. “The work to protect our aquifers and rivers is challenging but vital to the long-term...
by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 20, 2022 | Community, Groundwater Resources, News, One Water, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
For many Texans, “a day without water” is not an imagined experience—it’s just another day. Some communities have never had running water. For the rest of us, experiencing days without water has become the rule rather than the exception. The one-two punch of... by Leah Cuddeback | Jun 29, 2022 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Austin Water is unveiling an innovative blackwater system designed to set a course for the future of water management for new development in Austin. Located at the City of Austin’s Permitting and Development Center and known as OSCAR and CLARA, the project has...
by admin | Jun 1, 2022 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, Equity in the Outdoors, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, One Water, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality
Climate change has been warned by scientists for years, and through heat waves with unreasonably high temperatures, the state of Texas is already suffering the consequences of this phenomenon in various ways. Read more from the Reform Austin Staff at Reform Austin...
