by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Water Quality, Water Resources
“Would you want your kids in that river the way it is?” “The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality sited the Liberty Hill water treatment plant for six different violations, including failure to keep sewage from getting into the San Gabriel...
by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Water Quality
A new report by Environment Texas Research and Policy Center reveals that many of Austin’s creeks and streams tested for high levels of bacteria in 2017. According to the report, 46 freshwater sites around Austin had levels of bacteria indicating levels of fecal...
by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Public Lands, Water Quality, Water Resources
In early May, San Pedro Creek Culture Park opened with an outdoor festival that marked the transformation of a former concrete-lined channel to a public space with murals and fountains. Visitors, including children, splashed in the creek in the new Plaza de Fundación,...
by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Regional Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
A consultant in a planned subdivision has responded to concerns about a permit under review that would allow the discharge of treated sewage from the development upstream of Honey Creek, one of the most pristine waterways left in the Hill Country north of San Antonio....
by admin | Aug 22, 2018 | News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Water Quality
Developers planning a subdivision of more than 2,300 homes in Comal County want to build a sewage treatment plant to discharge into one of the most pristine, spring-fed streams left in the Hill Country. According to a permit application filed with state environmental...
by admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Groundwater Resources, Water Quality
So-called “orphan” oil and gas wells, which have been abandoned by defunct companies that cannot pay to plug them, are a growing problem in many states thanks to a recent slump in energy prices that has forced marginal operators out of business. Nobody knows how many...
