The City of Amarillo has reported a wastewater spill that occurred at its Cliffside Lift Station Wednesday. This was the third wastewater spill the city reported this week, the first two occurred at the Hollywood Road Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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The Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District in north Bexar County stressed in a news release how vital water conservation is as a drought continues affecting the area. 
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Dirt will start flying this fall on the Southern Gateway deck park that will reconnect Oak Cliff, severed decades ago by the construction of Interstate 35E. The ambitious 5-acre project is split in two phases. After securing public funds to build the highway deck for phase 1, the nonprofit behind the deck park has been raising money toward its $35 million budget for the first half of the actual park amenities.
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All summer Houston weather has felt like Groundhog Day, with every day a repeat of the last. For nearly four months Houston saw the same forecast daily - high temperatures between 95-105° with a 0% chance for rain. Today, it has totally changed. We have widespread showers and storms, and the rain chances actually increase as we head into the next two days.
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Customers served by Hillcrest North MUD in Wise County are being told to boil their water due to an outage Tuesday afternoon. According to county officials, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality advises all customers to boil their water before consumption, whether they are washing their hands/face, brushing their teeth, drinking, etc.
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When walking among the many beautiful Katy community trails and you see a large splash in the lake it’s probably not a gator. The Texas Nutria, also known as a river rat, is being seen more in Katy community lakes.
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As of Sunday, Oct. 1, the boat ramp at Lake Walter E. Long is closed. Lake levels are too low to safely allow boats in the water. Levels are maintained by pumping water from the Colorado River, but due to lack of rain and reduced inflows into the Highland Lakes, flows from the river have been insufficient.
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Starting Oct. 1, the average San Angelo home that uses about 4,000 gallons of water per month will see an increase of $2.58 in their rates. The city’s executive of public works says it will help cover operational and maintenance costs impacted by inflation.
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An early estimated cost totaled $34 billion for what is expected to be the largest civil engineering project in United States history, and is supposed to protect the Houston region from surges during hurricanes.
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Arlington Water Utilities will continue to have some of the lowest water rates in North Texas when new rates for Fiscal Year 2024 go into effect on Oct. 1, 2023. The rate changes are associated with water and sanitary sewer service for residential and commercial customer accounts in Arlington. The average residential water and sewer bill will increase by about $2.76 a month, or by about 4.07%. Commercial customers who use 50,000 gallons of water and 50,000 gallons of wastewater will pay an additional $54.13 a month, an increase of 8.44%.
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is offering rewards of up to $1,000 for Texans who report poaching of alligator snapping turtles through Texas' wildlife crime-stoppers program, Operation Game Thief (OGT). Thanks to additional funds from the agency's Conservation License Plate Program, the reward can be doubled if the tip leads to convictions for snapping turtle cases.
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In Liberty County, one neighborhood has been slowly abandoned as years of flooding and intense rains prompted a spiral of decline. A struggling buyout program shows the complexities and limitations of “managed retreat” from disaster-prone areas.
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On Wednesday morning, the city of Alice held a groundbreaking ceremony for the first Brackish Water Treatment Plant in the state of Texas. This treatment plant will provide the City of Alice with a self-sufficient and drought-proof water supply for a more resilience and more water independence. The reverse-osmosis treatment plant will desalinate and treat the brackish water before making its way to homes around the City of Alice.
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It’s all tricks and no treats this Halloween, as this summer’s excessive heatwave and the ongoing drought have negatively impacted pumpkin crops in the Lone Star State. This season’s pumpkin yields are far below average crop loads, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extensive Service expert said in the latest Texas Crop and Weather Report released Tuesday.
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The majority of Colleyville residents will see a 3.4%, or $1.17, increase in their monthly base rate. The utility fund budget in the fiscal year 2023-24 budget calls for a rate increase, which Colleyville City Council approved at their Sept. 19 meeting.
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Houston City Council unanimously approved 11 emergency water line repair contracts totaling roughly $48 million at an Oct. 4 meeting as city officials try to keep up with a growing demand for repairs amid an ongoing drought. The $48 million approved Oct. 4 brings the amount the city has spent on emergency purchase orders to just over $80 million for fiscal year 2023-24, council member Sallie Alcorn said at the meeting.
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A fourth wastewater spill at the Hollywood Road Wastewater Treatment Facility (HRWTF) in less than two weeks has been contained. According to the City of Amarillo, the spill occurred around 11 p.m. Monday and was contained by 4 a.m. Tuesday. The discharge was caused by flow and organics loading overburdening the treatment system, which is the same issue the city cited in the three spills during September.
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In Smith County, the summer burn ban was dropped last week and even with rain and cool weather approaching East Texas, the Texas A&M Forest Service is reminding people that a fire could spark quickly.
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A lingering drought affecting more than 80 percent of Texas is causing wildfires, hurting agriculture and drying up water supplies throughout the state. This year’s drought comes less than a year after Texas experienced one of its worst droughts on record in 2022.
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New utility rates for the City of Belton are set to go into effect in October, according to a release by the City, after the passing of the Fiscal Year 2024 budget. While water and drainage rates will reportedly be unchanged, the City said sewer rates will increase to provide revenue for "operating and capital needs", including significant costs for an expansion at the water treatment plant.
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Exclusive FOX footage shows tons of toxic incinerator ash being dug up just feet from Houston's newest low-income housing complex. The East Side project known as 800 Middle Street is a 400-unit affordable housing complex being built with federal funds on property surrounded by toxic landfills and legacy, industrial pollution.
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After a long summer of extreme heat, Texas has been battered by a lingering drought that’s damaging crops, drying up water supplies and causing wildfires.
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All Georgetown water customers on one-day-per-week watering schedule starting Sept. 29 Effective Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, all Georgetown water utility customers may return to the assigned, one-day-per-week outdoor watering schedule and other Drought Stage 2 restrictions.
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Inland Fisheries Division selected 10 new projects to be supported by the Habitat and Angler Access Program (HAAP) for 2024-25. The Fishing Piers at Lake Livingston was chosen as one of the projects. The Trinity River Authority (TRA) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department plan to construct fishing piers at two separate TRA park/boat launch locations, Blanchard Boat Ramp and Patrick’s Ferry, that will help improve shoreline angler access to Lake Livingston.
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Bridgeport Director of Financial Services Corey Ingram said the council agreed it was necessary to increase water and sewer rates during FY 2023-24 budget workshops. The increases will provide additional funding to cover operation expenses and major plant maintenance and catch up with recommended increases from the city’s rate study.
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