by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Water Planning
In a win for farmers, ranchers and longtime water rights holders, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday let stand a Brazos River basin decision that limits the power of the state to divvy up water during drought. Farmers along the Brazos River, whose basin includes...
by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | County Authority, Groundwater Resources, News, Regional Planning, UT Study, Water Planning
A major new study on protecting the Hill Country from unrelenting population growth and land development was recently unveiled for Comal County residents. “People love this place and they really want to be here and appreciate the beauty that the Hill Country has to...
by admin | Feb 19, 2016 | Vista Ridge Pipeline
San Antonio Water System officials today released a list of firms interested in buying into the Vista Ridge pipeline project. Brookfield Global Infrastructure Advisor Ltd., John Laing Group PLC and the Blackstone Group have all submitted formal proposals to Abengoa...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | News, Vista Ridge Pipeline
The City Council is divided over whether the San Antonio Water System should allow the company planning to build a water pipeline from Burleson County to sell most of its stake in the project without council approval. District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg is leading a...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Groundwater Resources, News, Water Planning
“In order to have a sustainable Texas—both the economy and the supporting environment— we must realize that water is in a special category. If we overbuild or overuse our water resources or pollute them too badly, there are NO substitutes. Research this matter...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Vista Ridge Pipeline
It started out, by most accounts, as a good business deal. “The return was estimated to be upwards of 12 percent over a 30-year period, so this was a pretty fantastic project,” said David Vequist, a professor of management at the University of the Incarnate Word...
