Some much needed and welcomed sunshine returned to the Hill Country, greatly alleviating many of the road issues Kerrville citizens and city staff have been dealing with over the past two days. However, after multiple days of freezing temperatures, the City of Kerrville encourages citizens to be extra diligent when driving and keep an eye out for black ice, and to continue to using caution when walking on driveways and sidewalks, especially those in shaded areas.
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reports that invasive quagga mussels have been detected for the first time in Texas. The quagga mussel discovery was made by National Park Service (NPS) staff at the International Amistad Reservoir in the Rio Grande basin along the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio. 
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The Texas Water Development Board approved to allow El Paso Water to acquire land needed to construct the Will Ruth Pond. However, there is still an easement that needs to be acquired for the attached stormwater system. There is still a remediation process as contractors continue to remove all the potentially hazardous material.
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Tower Extrusion President Mark McClelland and Air Tractor President Jim Hirsch appeared before City Council at the Jan. 10 meeting to support the new water treatment plant. Mayor Rue Rogers yielded the floor to the only two citizens who signed up for the public comments period. McClelland was the first to address the council. He opened with clarifying statements to set the record straight regarding misinformation about Tower as it relates to the water in Olney.
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A $1.6 million award to the Red River Chloride Control Project will preserve the purity of water in Lake Kemp -- for another year. The government had deactivated the project near Truscott that kept salty water from flowing into the lake. Lake Kemp is one of the sources of drinking water for Wichita Falls and surrounding communities and for agricultural use.
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As Samsung works to remediate a recent spill of wastewater into a tributary of Harris Branch Creek in northeast Austin, KXAN is learning it’s the company’s second spill at the same facility within a year. In January of this year, it was discovered a pipe sprung a leak at the Samsung Austin Semiconductor plant off Parmer Lane, resulting in the release of up to 763,000 gallons of wastewater into the facility’s stormwater pond and subsequently the tributary.
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The Georgetown City Council approved a partial reimbursement to several developers for the installation of a 24-inch water line at its Jan. 25 meeting. Located along Ronald Reagan Boulevard near Sun City and CR 245, the water line will provide water to residential and commercial properties over 377.6 acres. This reimbursement was processed as a water impact fee credit, which the city originally budgeted for in the 2018 master water plan.
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PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) and Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) announced the awarding of a $1.2 million grant to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA), the Texas entity focused on developing, conserving, and protecting the water resources of the Guadalupe River Basin. This is a step towards PepsiCo's ambitious effort to become Net Water Positive by 2030, which includes reducing absolute water use and replenishing back into the local watershed more than 100% of the water used at company-owned and third-party sites in high-water-risk areas. The investment will fund the replacement of two 60-year-old Goff Bayou radial gates, a deteriorating control structure located in the Guadalupe River designed to regulate periodic flooding and high tides.
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Workers started assembling a new water tower in Granite Shoals on Thursday, Jan. 27, to replace one that has been serving the city for decades. Councilor Phil brought his video and 35-millimeter cameras to record the milestone event. “I’m going to try to document a slice of history for Granite Shoals,” he said. “It’s better to have as many pictures as you can take. It’s a great way to document the water tower.”
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A memorandum of intent from the city of Pflugerville to discuss feasibility of transporting treated wastewater to Lake Pflugerville was approved by the Round Rock City Council on Jan. 27. The memo, that also includes the Lower Colorado and Brazos river authorities, is a nonbinding agreement that will facilitate discussions between the four parties regarding the city of Pflugerville's desire to transport treated wastewater effluent to Lake Pflugerville to serve its customers.
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The Cameron City Council took steps to fix drainage in several places around town on Monday night. The council approved payment to clean out drains “This is an area where we are trying to clean out the area behind Cameron Housing Authority where it floods over there,” Cameron Mayor Bill Harris said. “We have some back- up in there and we have a couple of underground drains that need to be washed out.”
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Federal officials on Thursday broke ground on water distribution projects worth more than $20 million in a working-class suburb of El Paso. The money will be used to decommission household septic tanks and install a wastewater collection system, and also to distribute potable water to homes in Vinton, Texas, the North American Development Bank announced.
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In the wake of the February winter storm that resulted in rotating outages for thousands of New Braunfels residents and water infrastructure damage, New Braunfels Utilities outlined its processes in preparation for the next adverse weather event during a conference on Thursday.
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Now that it appears the power grid has stood up to the worst of this year's winter storm, the focus of many Texans may now be shifted to whether or not the water will keep flowing in their homes. After last year's winter storm, burst pipes led to homes losing water for days or even weeks in the immediate aftermath.
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A city-wide precautionary boil water notice has been issued. Austin Water’s Ullrich Water Treatment Plant is out of service due to an internal treatment process issue that resulted in high turbidity within the plant. Crews and officials are working diligently to address the issue and restore operations at Ullrich Water Treatment Plant.
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The city of Lufkin has redistributed some of its positions to begin the new year. Albert Duffield Jr. is promoted to director of utilities as a result of internal occupation shuffling by the city of Lufkin. After an illustrious 30-year career, Gary Barton, Lufkin's director of plant operations, retired last month. His retirement allowed the city to adjust positions from within, promoting and redistributing jobs as needed.
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Michael Scott knows the growth is coming to Waxahachie. The city manager also knows people question whether the city’s water and wastewater capacity can handle that growth. Scott’s message during last week’s town hall meeting: We’re on it. During the town hall in which Scott and several city staff members updated the community on various projects, Scott touched on the projected growth and the capacity of the city’s water and wastewater systems.
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The city of Cottonwood Shores will plant new trees at Aspen and Noah Thompson parks with help from a $1,000 grant and volunteers from the Lower Colorado River Authority. The LCRA’s Steps Forward Day program assists local communities with a variety of projects. Aspen Park, 4101 Lakeview Drive, and Noah Thompson Park, 4131 Lakeview Drive, were chosen for two reasons, said Andrea Stephens, the city’s Parks Committee chairwoman.
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The tap water in Allen may taste different than usual during the month of March. According to a Monday announcement from the North Texas Municipal Water District, which provides drinking water and wastewater services to Allen and other cities in Collin County, a temporary change in water disinfectant will be in effect from March 1-29 as part of annual maintenance.
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A flood watch has been issued for Austin and the surrounding area, including Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties, until 9 p.m. Monday. A flash flood warning has been issued for Bastrop County until 8:30 p.m. The National Weather Service says up to three inches of rain is expected Monday, with isolated amounts up to 4-6 inches, which could cause flash flooding.
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for new Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0015880001, to authorize the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 99,000 gallons per day. TCEQ received this application on April 6, 2020. The facility will be located at 17431 Farm-to-Market Road 1314, in Montgomery County, Texas 77302.
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Cedar Park will add two generators to its water treatment plant in response to state legislation approved after the February 2021 winter storm. Senate Bill 3 requires public water systems to have plans for maintaining service during extended outages. Cedar Park did not have a power failure at its water treatment plant on Lime Creek Road during the winter storm and has redundancy in its power supply, said Eric Rauschuber, the public works and utility director, during the Jan. 27 City Council meeting.
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A spokesperson for Austin’s Samsung facility says they’ve fixed a pipe under a floor that sprung a leak and lead to thousands of gallons of diluted acidic wastewater in a local waterway. “We have thoroughly investigated the root cause, added improved monitoring systems and are implementing strong countermeasures to ensure this does not happen again,” spokesperson Michele Glaze wrote to KXAN.
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The road and drainage infrastructure bond package that West Lake Hills voters approved in November is moving forward on schedule, and the City Council on Wednesday night voted to approve engineering work by K Friese and Associates, the firm that is managing the projects.
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A memorandum of intent from the city of Pflugerville to discuss feasibility of returning Round Rock's treated effluent wastewater to Lake Pflugerville will be considered by Round Rock City Council on Jan. 27. The memo also includes the Lower Colorado and Brazos river authorities. The memo is a nonbinding agreement with no cost associated, according to city documents.
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