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The city of Keller has hit a roadblock in its construction of a roundabout at Bear Creek Parkway, Whitley Road and Elm Street, which will delay the intersection’s opening by about a month. In its May 27 newsletter, the city wrote that the project “hit a snag” due to a manhole within the roundabout’s construction that is owned by the Trinity River Authority.

North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD), in collaboration with Resource Environmental Solutions (RES), is celebrating the completion of one of the largest environmental restoration projects of its kind in the U.S. After four years of dedicated efforts, North Texas is now home to a new and growing forest of 6.3 million trees, thousands of acres of enhanced wetlands and grasslands and 70 miles of improved streams.

Construction contracts for the next phase of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority deep-water intake were approved during a May 26 Round Rock City Council meeting. Officials approved contracts pledging $63.36 million toward a $224.78 million project through its partnership with Cedar Park and Leander.

The Woodlands Township Board of Directors gave their support to the San Jacinto River Authority last week which is seeking up to $4.8 million in federal funds for a project to make critical improvements to the Bear Branch dam. According to Todd Stephens, Intergovernmental Relations director at The Woodlands Township, Houston Congressman Dan Crenshaw contacted SJRA about potential projects that would be eligible for funding.

The giant invasive apple snails are on the rise again in the San Antonio River due to the weather warming up, according to the San Antonio River Authority. The highly destructive snails have been invading the local river since they were first discovered in 2019.

The Woodlands Board of Directors will consider amending a professional services contract for a pedestrian pathway connector at Harper's Landing during a May 19 meeting. According to the board's agenda, a task order at the cost of $36,750 will facilitate "the initial coordination of the project with Montgomery County, Texas Department of Transportation and the railroad; a final schematic package; and environmental analysis."

Officials from the City of Arlington and the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) gathered in Arlington Monday to celebrate the completion of a $21 million capital improvement project that will help provide tap water to more than half a million North Texas residents. The new Lake Arlington Raw Water Pump Station is the result of an innovative partnership between Arlington Water Utilities and TRA, both of which use Lake Arlington as a source of raw water for their water treatment plants.

While The Woodlands Township board of directors on April 21 decided not to renew its One Water Task Force, which focused on drainage, flooding, subsidence and other issues related to water in the region, efforts continue this year among agencies looking to find solutions to improve regional drainage. The Woodlands’ task force was originally formed to discuss drainage issues following high-water events in 2015 and 2016, and it expanded its scope over five years to include topics such as subsidence, which is the gradual sinking of land due to excessive groundwater withdrawal.

When fires start in Gilpin County, Colo., they burn hot and grow fast. Floods in Texas’ San Antonio River basin spill across highways, blocking emergency responders, and Norfolk, Va., sees homes inundated by coastal storms.

Port Houston, along with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, is holding a major kick-off event officially starting the Billion-dollar expansion and deepening of the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel, Project 11. This infrastructure project should help to more safely and efficiently accommodate the larger import and export container cargo ships and tanker vessels calling the port, generating more jobs and economic activity to the region and state.

The city’s water utility is inching toward its goal to store 60,000 acre feet in underground potable water reserves by 2040, according to a briefing delivered to the Austin Water Oversight Committee on Wednesday. The ambitious 20-year project will be the city’s first foray into aquifer storage and recovery, or ASR, a technology that harnesses aquifers to store water in times of excessive rainfall to be retrieved during shortages.

The Williamson County Commissioners Court has approved $72.5 million in federal American Relief Act money for water/wastewater projects in several cities. The court still has $5 million left unallocated in the federal relief money.

Officials from the City of Arlington and the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) gathered in Arlington Monday to celebrate the completion of a $21 million capital improvement project that will help provide tap water to more than half a million North Texas residents.  The new Lake Arlington Raw Water Pump Station is the result of an innovative partnership between Arlington Water Utilities and TRA, both of which use Lake Arlington as a source of raw water for their water treatment plants.

The city of Lakeway’s 30-year, no-cost lease agreement with the lower Colorado River Authority was renewed for a 15-year term after it expired April 30. The agreement is for a 4.678-acre tract of land adjacent to City Park.

El Paso Water and its partners have completed 100% of the riverbed clean-up effort following the Frontera Wastewater Emergency. Work remains to continue the characterization and removal of soils from the banks of the river.