by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Special Districts, Water Planning, Water Resources
On May 22, HB 1806 was voted through by the Texas Senate, clearing the way for the San Antonio Water System to sell 1,500 acre feet of water across county lines from Bexar into Kendall. Despite vigorous and organized opposition by local leaders – including Cow...
by admin | May 22, 2019 | News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
The Medina Lake dam is a huge block of concrete, lodged in a canyon, which impounds a waterway flowing along the border of Bandera and Medina counties. But that description hardly does justice to the enduring edifice on the Medina River, say those behind...
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...
