by admin | Apr 15, 2019 | News, Water Quality, Water Resources
BULVERDE – When Michelle Molina heard about plans for a sewage treatment plant to start discharging wastewater into Indian Creek, she organized her neighbors and started raising money to hire a lawyer to fight the developers behind the plan. They called their group...
by admin | Apr 10, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
Part One of a Two-Part Series – Friday, Mar 29, 2019 From a 1933 textbook “Government in the United States” the author invokes the sage advice of Otto von Bismarck: “The man who wishes to keep his respect for sausages and laws should not see how either is made.”...
by admin | Apr 7, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Texas Water Symposium, Water Planning, Water Resources
This edition of the Texas Water Symposium features lawmakers and analysts looking at current and proposed legislation that will affect water resources and property rights in Texas. Topics addressed include the Kinder Morgan pipeline project, flooding, water well...
by admin | Apr 1, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Riparian Management, Water Resources
Landowners Steve Nash and Fermin Ortiz agree on one thing. There is a sand and silt issue in Sandy Creek and Lake LBJ; however they disagree adamantly on what to do about it. “The problem is in the lake. Get it out of the lake,” said Ortiz, whose family owns thousands...
by admin | Mar 31, 2019 | News, Water Resources
If you are spending the weekend at the South Llano River State Park you may have noticed 42,000 pounds of avocados have hit “guac” bottom. Texas Parks and Wildlife posted on social media sites Friday afternoon that park employees had collected bags of...
by admin | Mar 26, 2019 | News, Water Quality, Water Resources
BLANCO, Texas — Homeowners near the Blanco River say there’s an algae problem that’s damaging the quality of the river, and it’s gotten a lot worse in just a few weeks. “It makes me sick,” said Joe Theriot, owner of The Blanco Settlement...
