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Texas Water Challenges film series premiers

Texas Water Challenges film series premiers

by admin | Feb 16, 2018 | Groundwater Resources, News, Water Conservation, Water Planning

The Texas Water Roundtable has premiered the short film series, Texas Water Challenges. Five ten-minute films on contemporary water issues impacting Texas – water pricing and economics, new water, surface/groundwater coordination, water education, and Texas...
Keep sewage out of Hill Country creeks

Keep sewage out of Hill Country creeks

by admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Groundwater Resources, News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed)

Dripping Springs is a good 90-minute drive to the north of San Antonio, but the flow of water connects this region even as water fights divide it. In this case, Dripping Springs is pursuing a permit that would allow it to discharge up to a million gallons of treated...
Uvalde joins water lawsuit against San Antonio’s Edwards Aquifer Authority

Uvalde joins water lawsuit against San Antonio’s Edwards Aquifer Authority

by admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Groundwater Resources, News

The city of Uvalde has joined the Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District and other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Edwards Aquifer Authority. The lawsuit seeks to protect residents and businesses in the Uvalde County area from what plaintiffs...
Meadows Center Reports Groundwater Significant To Pedernales River Flow

Meadows Center Reports Groundwater Significant To Pedernales River Flow

by admin | Jan 31, 2018 | Groundwater Resources, News

The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University has released a series of reports that indicate groundwater provides a significant contribution of flow to the Pedernales River and Lake Travis. The Pedernales River is an important source of...
Drippings Springs wastewater proposal may impact local wells

Drippings Springs wastewater proposal may impact local wells

by admin | Jan 31, 2018 | Groundwater Resources, News, Water Quality

The creek eventually flows into Barton Creek and into the Edwards Aquifer, where Austin sources its drinking water. The latest study by the Hays Trinity Ground Water Conservation District used pink dye to trace the water to nearby wells. At least three wells were...
Uvalde County water district sues over change in Edwards Aquifer rules

Uvalde County water district sues over change in Edwards Aquifer rules

by admin | Jan 22, 2018 | Groundwater Resources, News

The Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District is suing the Edwards Aquifer Authority over water-rights rules that the district said would threaten the amount of groundwater available to property owners west of San Antonio.  The lawsuit centers on a...
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