by admin | May 21, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Texas coast, the Texas House approved legislation Thursday that would pull more than $3 billion from the state’s rainy day fund to help pay for flood control projects statewide. The House version of Senate Bill...
by admin | May 20, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Resources
It’s spring again, the time of year—for the 300th time in some instances—when New Mexico communities come together to clean the acequias, irrigation channels that carry snowmelt from the mountains to newly tilled farm fields. Each annual cleaning is one more...
by admin | May 20, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Special Districts, Water Planning, Water Resources
Last week Boerne’s Milan Michalec, chairman of Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, was in Austin speaking against House Bill 1806. Authored by Senator Donna Campbell, HB 1806 was the subject of a public hearing in the Agriculture, Water and Rural Affairs...
by admin | May 15, 2019 | News, Water Resources
Water continues to pour out of lake Dunlap, draining the lake after a spill gate failed early Tuesday morning. Officials say the lake, located in the northern portion of Guadalupe County on the Guadalupe River, will have completely drained by day’s end. “The lake...
by admin | May 13, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
For well over two years and spanning two legislatures, Kendall County Water Control and Improvement District (WCID) No. 3 has searched for a source of water. It now appears that a source has been found, but only if the law that protects the Edwards Aquifer can be...
by admin | May 6, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Riparian Management, Water Resources
It’s not a wall and it isn’t more boots on the ground, but the Texas Senate has approved a bill that would send millions of dollars of herbicides to the front lines to battle illegal immigration. The Texas Senate passed legislation to send up to $10 million in...
