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Director’s Note: Pristine Streams Petition Hearing on March 30, 2022

Director’s Note: Pristine Streams Petition Hearing on March 30, 2022

by | Mar 31, 2022 | Community, Director's Notes, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources

A note from HCA Executive Director, Katherine Romans The Commissioners of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) had the opportunity Wednesday to initiate a rule making process to protect the few remaining pristine streams in the state of Texas. Brought...
‘There’s been historic flooding and neglect’: San Antonio councilwomen aim to improve drainage

‘There’s been historic flooding and neglect’: San Antonio councilwomen aim to improve drainage

by | Mar 31, 2022 | Rainwater Harvesting, Texas Water Symposium, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources

One San Antonio resident said water builds up seven or eight feet high after heavy rain. Another compared their street to the Amazon River. Dozens shared their flooding experiences last fall with the city’s drainage bond committee, a group appointed by City Council to...
You can get a permit to dump treated wastewater into Barton Creek. Some are trying to change that.

You can get a permit to dump treated wastewater into Barton Creek. Some are trying to change that.

by | Mar 30, 2022 | HCA in the News, Riparian Management, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources

Several conservationist groups are banding together to stop treated effluent from getting into certain waterways in Texas, including Barton and Onion creeks.That means human waste where pollutants have been removed.Currently, the Texas Commission on Environmental...

TCEQ denies petition to create rule against issuing wastewater discharge permits on pristine streams

by | Mar 30, 2022 | Groundwater Resources, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources

While some Texans spent Wednesday’s warm temperatures outdoors enjoying Barton Creek, others spent the day indoors fighting on its behalf. At a public meeting Wednesday morning, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) heard comments on a petition filed by...
Groups fight to limit sewage lines over Edward’s recharge zone.

Groups fight to limit sewage lines over Edward’s recharge zone.

by | Mar 30, 2022 | Groundwater Resources, Habitat Conservation Plans, News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality

Local environmentalists do not want to see sewage lines or a wastewater plant built for a new development constructed over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone — a matter that was driven home during the San Antonio Water System’s monthly board of trustees meeting...