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Goforth water, EP deal moves forward

Goforth water, EP deal moves forward

by admin | Jul 13, 2016 | News, Riparian Management, Water Planning

A move by Goforth Special Utility District (SUD) approving a second amendment to its water supply agreement with Electro Purification, LLC (EP) means the water supply company has a year to prove the quantity and quality of its water to Goforth. EP has to deliver a...
Dripping Springs homeowners push against treated wastewater in creek

Dripping Springs homeowners push against treated wastewater in creek

by admin | Jul 7, 2016 | News, Water Quality

A group of neighbors in Dripping Springs are hoping to stop the city from dumping treated wastewater into their local creek. Thursday night, members of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District held a special meeting to discuss the city’s application with the...
Graduate research study explores origin, quality of Pedernales water

Graduate research study explores origin, quality of Pedernales water

by admin | Jun 30, 2016 | Groundwater Resources, News

Sarah Zappitello, a graduate student in the Department of Biology at Texas State University, has published results from a year-long study determining the origin and quality of water carried by the Pedernales River. The research is part of a larger study facilitated by...

Nestlé Just Suffered a Major Defeat as Community Blocks Water Privatization

by admin | Jun 16, 2016 | Water Planning

Hydrogeologist and spokesperson for Nestlé Waters North America, Eric Andreus, announced at a monthly township meeting in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, last week that Nestlé had given up on its plans to pump 73 million gallons of water per year from the town’s local...

Texas Supreme Court: Accommodation Doctrine Applies to Groundwater

by admin | Jun 15, 2016 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation

On May 27, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Coyote Lake Ranch, LLC v. City of Lubbock.  Many Texas agricultural and water law attorneys were in Lubbock attending the State Bar of Texas Agricultural Law Continuing Legal Education Seminar.  As soon as...

USGS Map Reveals Long-Term Changes in America’s Groundwater Quality

by admin | Jun 15, 2016 | Groundwater Resources

Chloride and nitrate concentrations are rising and arsenic levels are holding steady or falling. Those are two of the conclusions from a U.S. Geological Survey assessment of changes in the nation’s groundwater quality in the last two decades. The federal science...
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