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The Granbury City Council has approved the placement of roadside signs that recognize the 'superior' water rating the city has received from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The signs will be placed on major roads at entrances to the city. The city was praised by Steven Swierenga, manager of TCEQ's drinking water special functions section, for its "high standard of waterworks operation" and its continuing efforts to protect public health and provide customer service. 
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A day-long discussion and tour at the Hereford Civic Center is intended to work on shifting the “hope-diminishing paradigm” that the Ogallala aquifer will inevitably be emptied. International, national, state, and regional speakers are expected to run the “Coming Together Around the Water Table” day-long discussion from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 27.
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Due to reduced system pressure, Title 30 Texas Administrative Code (30 TAC), subparagraph 290.46(q)(1), The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requires the City of Natalia Public Water System PWSID 1630009 to notify all customers to boil their water prior to consumption (e.g. washing hands/face, brushing teeth, drinking, etc.). Children, seniors, and persons with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to harmful bacteria, and all customers should follow these directions).
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Austin Water crews have responded to a domestic wastewater overflow from a broken force wastewater main located near 8111 N FM 620. The force main was damaged from a utility contractor working the area. Austin Water and contractor crews are working to repair the damage. At this time, over 100,000 gallons of wastewater have spilled into a commercial storm drain. Austin Water crews set up a temporary dam and pumps to collect the spilled wastewater.
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It’s an issue that’s been stinking up the Upper Valley for over a month now. Two wastewater pipelines broke back in August after severe storms, but that was only the beginning of a snowball of breaks. RECOMMENDED:El Paso Water deals with multiple wastewater pipe breaks, Upper Valley residents disgusted. Tomorrow will be the first time El Paso Water address the community at large about what’s being done to fix it.
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Homeowners whose properties allegedly flooded when water was released from a damn recently had their inverse condemnation case against the San Jacinto River Authority dismissed. During Hurricane Harvey, the River Authority released water from Lake Conroe into the San Jacinto River. In turn, owners of homes that flooded filed suit against the River Authority in the district courts of Harris County, seeking compensation for their inverse-condemnation and statutory takings claims.
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Thursday's dismissal at Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary may be among the last for Ashla Stone’s 3rd grader -- at least for now. “I’m going to just do it virtual,” Stone said. She and two daughters all got COVID, have since recovered, but remain concerned. That's despite Houston ISD’s COVID dashboard, which tracks active cases district-wide, showing only four cases among students at Rodriguez and zero among staff.
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City Secretary Rene Hinojosa said the City was having problems with residents tampering with their water meters. “We have no way to charge them on the utility side,” Hinojosa said. “So at worst, we can file a report with the police. This will allow us to say, okay, the meter’s been tampered with, there is a fine that we’ll put on that bill and charge them for having tampered with the meter, because they shouldn’t be tampering with meters.”
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The City of Bangs will be completing a water system improvement project that will replace old and deteriorated cast iron water lines with PVC water lines as well as update disinfection, electrical and control facilities. The project is funded by the EPA Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
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The Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area’s most prolific water wholesaler is raising its water and wastewater rates slightly to keep up with rising costs. At its regular monthly meeting Wednesday morning, Bell County Water Improvement and Control District No. 1 (WCID-1) voted unanimously to raise the rate it charges customer-cities by 2 cents on the wastewater side and 1 cent on the potable water side of the district’s operations.
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The city of Whitehouse has rescinded its boil water notice for homes that were affected by a drop in water pressure last week. The city issued the notice on Friday for homes located on Cheryl Street, Merri Lane, Candice Drive, Candice Court, Karla Drive, South Rainbow Drive and the 900 to 1400 blocks of East Main Street. Residents in those areas were required to boil water for consumption after a contractor damaged the water system while working in the area.
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The State of Texas and City of Corpus Christi may be close to settling a lawsuit that arose following a water ban in December 2016. On December 14, 2016, Corpus Christi residents were instructed to not use water due to a potential contaminant in the city's water supply. The City of Corpus Christi will consider the terms of a settlement regarding litigation that arose from a 2016 water ban.
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Frisco residents will see higher utility bills at the beginning of next year. Frisco City Council on Sept. 21 approved a 3% increase to water and sanitary sewer rates. The rate increases are necessary to meet debt service payments related to the Panther Creek and Stewart Creek wastewater treatment plants, according to Treasury Manager Brett Peterson. Frisco has also increased public utility staffing and spending, according to the FY 2021-22 budget. The city draws water from the North Texas Municipal Water District.
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The current and anticipated growth in the City of Greenville is putting a strain on the city’s water treatment and supply processes. Tonight, the Greenville City Council intends to take steps to purchase new water meters, approve a major upgrade for the Water Treatment Plant and also to begin the process of expand the Wastewater Treatment Plant. All three of the items are scheduled to be considered during the regular session beginning at 6 p.m. in the Fletcher Warren Civic Center 5501 Highway 69 South. A work session is also scheduled starting at 5:30 p.m.
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El Paso Water is giving some answers about their plan to fix several broken wastewater pipelines in the Upper Valley. The issues began in mid-August when the first lines broke and sent raw sewage through the streets and into the river. The pipelines are part of the Frontera Force Main which collects all of the wastewater from west El Paso.
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The City of Alice has reached an agreement with Florida-based Seven Seas Water Group for the construction of a brackish water desalination plant to provide fresh drinking water to the residents. Seven Seas Water Group will finance, design, build, operate and maintain a Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis plant on land owned by the city, according to a news release that touted the public-private partnership as the first of its kind in Texas.
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The San Antonio River Authority launched an anti-litter campaign that will be supported in broadcast spots, print, social media and an app. The campaign theme is "Don't Let Litter Trash Your River." The River Authority picked up more than 151,000 pounds of trash along the river, most along the Mission Reach on the South Side. That's the same weight of around 30 pickup trucks.
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The Detroit City Council met last Monday, Sept. 14 to discuss the action plan for the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund grants. According to City Secretary Tami Nix, $84,618.90 is currently on hand with a second $84,618.90 payment to follow. The council agreed to move forward to use the grant on smoke-testing (and repair) of gravity fed sewer main lines – to detect run-off water intake – in the northwest section of the city; sludge dredging of the city wastewater plant lagoons; and replacement of concrete and clay tile water main lines with PVC and poly lines.
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The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a request by the Bastrop Economic Development Corporation to spend $94,300 to contract a public utility company to conduct a feasibility wastewater study on the western stretches of the city. The study will evaluate the existing wastewater infrastructure in Bastrop’s western extraterritorial jurisdiction which surrounds Texas 71.
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As part of our annual United Way of Tarrant County campaign, TRA employees collected 575 pounds of food to donate to the Community Enrichment Center, providing a total of approximately 480 meals. Giving back to the communities where we serve, live and work is a top priority of ours. A special thank you to those who donated, great job!
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Clarendon residents will see water rate increases next month following action taken by the City Council September 6. City Administrator David Dockery said water and sewer rates will go up six percent starting October 1. “We haven’t gone up on our utility rates in some time, and our costs of doing business in terms of supplies, labor, and water from Greenbelt Water Authority have gone up,” Dockery said. Ordinance 501 increasing those water and sewer rates is published in this week’s Enterprise.
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El Paso County officials and the Lower Valley Water District are set to celebrate the new construction of wastewater service for over 300 El Paso residents on Wednesday. The Lourdes & Conquistador First-Time Sewer Project aims to provide 94 households in the Fabens community with sanitary sewer services. El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego and Commissioner Iliana Holguin were set to attend the special ceremony at the site, along with Lower Valley Water District General Manager Gerald Grijalva.
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The Houston Health Department and Rice University launched on Wednesday an online public dashboard tracking the level of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in Houston’s wastewater. The interactive dashboard displays levels of the virus in samples collected from the city’s 39 wastewater treatment plants and many HISD schools. The data helps identify the prevalence of the virus and trends at the community level.
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Engineering plans for new water and wastewater lines in Cottonwood Shores have been sent to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for approval. Once approved, workers will start installing new water and wastewater lines in different parts of the city in the next few months. TCEQ typically takes 30 days to give an answer, according to City Administrator J.C. Hughes. The drawings reached Hughes’ desk the week of Sept. 6, and he and Mayor Don Orr spent the following weekend reviewing them, he said.
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While fall officially starts Wednesday, hurricane season is still underway. With many flood-prone areas in the Valley, a proposed fix is on the table for residents in two cities. Santa Rosa City Manager Jared Hockema proposed creating Drainage District Number 6, which would include La Feria and Santa Rosa. Engineers hired by the county designed a long-term plan to create a drainage system that would be efficient and eventually have permanent water pumps.
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