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Garney Construction Taking Over Vista Ridge Water Pipeline

Garney Construction Taking Over Vista Ridge Water Pipeline

by admin | Mar 25, 2016 | News, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Planning

Missouri-based Garney Construction is now the owner of the Vista Ridge water pipeline project after attorneys representing the construction firm, former owner Abengoa Vista Ridge, and other partners came to an agreement on Tuesday afternoon. Garney was already a...
Environmental group sues water pipeline partner for information

Environmental group sues water pipeline partner for information

by admin | Mar 17, 2016 | News, Water Planning

Arguing that partners in a proposed multibillion-dollar water pipeline proposed for Austin’s eastern flank should divulge more information about the workings of the project, an Austin environmental group has filed an open records lawsuit in state District Court. The...

Public comment period on draft 2017 State Water Plan is now open

by admin | Mar 11, 2016 | Water Planning

Your voice matters! Texas Water Development Board is taking public comment on the draft 2017 State Water Plan. Here is HCA’s Water Planning page with a good explanation of the state water planning process, our written Public Comments for the proposed 2017 plan, and a...
Purchase of Texas Water Alliance Moves GBRA Closer to Starting Mid-Basin Project

Purchase of Texas Water Alliance Moves GBRA Closer to Starting Mid-Basin Project

by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Groundwater Resources, News, Water Planning

In a deal that will pave the way for Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) officials to fulfill the groundwater component of its Mid-Basin Project, the GBRA Board of Directors approved the river authority’s purchase of Texas Water Alliance Limited (TWA), from SJW...

In Major Water Case, Win for Ranchers is Loss For Cities

by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Water Planning

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday handed a victory to farmers, ranchers and other longstanding water rights holders by declining to take up a Brazos River case with widespread implications for future water battles in drought-prone Texas. Denying a state petition for...

Pecan farmers at the center of historic groundwater case

by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Groundwater Resources, Water Planning

A Medina County jury will decide this week how much the Edwards Aquifer Authority should pay a pecan-farming couple for limiting the water they can pump from below their land. The lawsuit involving farmers Glenn and JoLynn Bragg has been in litigation for 10 years....
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