The Waco-based Brazos River Authority is seeking to squeeze more water out of two flood-control reservoirs upstream of Waco to sell to a growing customer base of cities, farms and industries. The authority is seeking additional water supply allocations from Lake Whitney and Lake Aquilla, which are owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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The notice is for Carrizo Creek Subdivision: CR 2051, CR 2052, CR 2054, CR 2056, 7500 block of FM 1878 going west towards Nacogdoches on FM 1878 to 6100 block of 1878 only, according to Swift Water Supply. 
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has designated Lake Buchanan, located west of Burnet and north of Inks Lake in the Colorado River Basin, as “infested” with invasive zebra mussels. TPWD says that infested status signifies that there is an established, reproducing population of zebra mussels in the lake.
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For 37 years, the Trinity River Authority’s Trinity County Regional Water Supply System has provided safe drinking water to the cities of Trinity and Groveton; the Westwood Shores Municipal Utility District; and the Trinity Rural, Glendale and Riverside Water Supply Corporations on a wholesale basis. The contract between the Authority and those customers is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2020.
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Residents can look forward to having their water cleared of free chlorine by Christmas, city officials said. The return to monochloramines as a disinfectant and mixing the system with Brazosport Water Authority water began Monday. Free chlorine, a harsher disinfectant, was used to ensure the city’s water supply was cleared of Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba that killed 6-year-old Josiah McIntyre.
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Kayla Hall and her family moved into their home on San Jacinto Street in Point Comfort earlier this summer, it wasn’t until Hall prepared a bath for herself she noticed a yellow film in the water. “We buy two cases of water a week because he has to take water to work,” Hall said.
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Water customers here are being advised that it is no longer necessary to boil water before consumption, Merkel City Manager Steve Campbell said in a news release Friday. A boil water notice was issued Wednesday when, during repairs to a water main, the pressure fell below standards allowed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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In an effort to identify inflow and infiltration sources, the City of Waco Water Utilities Services will conduct smoke testing on wastewater lines in an area near Waco Regional Airport this Saturday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The smoke testing will be conducted in the residential area north of Flat Rock Road, south of China Spring Road, and east of Tree Lake Drive.
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The city of Lake Jackson announced Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that the city's water system tested negative for the Naegleria fowleri ameba after they completed sample testing at 15 sites last week.
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Amid fierce disputes over the impact of a proposed wastewater treatment plant on nearby residents, Granbury’s City Council will gather Monday to vote on a 120-day moratorium on new development in the eastern part of the city. When Granbury officials announced plans for a moratorium in late November, they drew a direct connection between the need to pause construction and Granbury’s aging infrastructure, particularly “not enough wastewater treatment capacity to keep up with growth,” according to a city press release.
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Following a presentation from city engineering consultants Strand Associates at a Dec. 9 meeting, Magnolia City Council members approved a second expansion of the city's Nichols Sawmill Road wastewater treatment plant facility.
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Merkel water customers are being advised to boil their water following repairs that were made to a water main, Merkel City Manager Steve Campbell said in a news release Wednesday. During completion of the repairs, water pressure fell below standards allowed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, said Campbell, requiring the notification to be issued.
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The City of Bryan is looking to make roads safer with a Flood Early Warning System. During a city council meeting Tuesday, the council gave the City Engineering Department approval to move forward with applying for a grant through the Texas Water Development Board.
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Rio Grande City is going back to the drawing board in its search for an engineer for their wastewater treatment plant project. The city commissioners, during a city meeting held Wednesday, unanimously voted to re-advertise a Request for Qualifications for a project to expand Rio Grande City’s wastewater treatment plant.
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To mitigate flood damage and other effects of climate change, developers in Houston are now eligible for tax incentives for certain environmentally-friendly building designs. Developers who incorporate “green stormwater infrastructure,” such as green roofs, rain gardens, permeable pavement and rainwater harvesting, are now eligible for a new city tax abatement approved by Houston City Council on Dec. 16.
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The Lower Colorado River Authority approved the sale of a 49-acre parcel of land to the city of Marble Falls for the site of a new wastewater treatment plant. “We are going to move our wastewater treatment plant up to the farm and need to own the ground that the new plant will sit on,” said City Manager Mike Hodge in an email. The land comes off a 228-acre piece of LCRA property that is referred to as the Shifflet Tract.
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Sugar Land residents may want to add “reduce utility usage” to their new year’s resolutions as the city council has announced rate increases are coming. According to the Sugar Land government, utility rate increases approved by the city council in September will be effective January 1, 2021. The average bill will increase by about $10 per month.
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Huntsville plans to spend about $1.9 million next year as part of a flood-control strategy in the Elkins Lake subdivision, which is particularly vulnerable to stormwater. The plan, which is expected to be presented to the Huntsville City Council tonight, includes improvements to drainage crossings and enhanced streets on West Greenbriar Dr. and River Oaks Drive.
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The Pflugerville City Council on Tuesday night approved two contracts for a combined $68.4 million that will expand the city's treated water capacity and the treatment plant itself, and also help control the zebra mussel problem in Lake Pflugerville.
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Stage II drought enforcement procedures were discussed by the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District on Thursday, Dec. 10 using a Zoom video conference. The district’s board previously declared a Stage II Alarm Drought at its meeting on Thursday, Dec. 8. The Lovelady Monitor Well passed below its drought trigger in late September and only one of the two triggers needed to be reached for a drought declaration.
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Port Arthur councilmembers are considering raises in water and wastewater rates that would help fund the cost of service through 2029. The city is forecast to spend $165.4 million on water and wastewater projects from 2020-29 under its capital improvement plan.
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The Highland Village City Council this week approved contracts for more than $1 million for water utility projects. The city awarded a contract for the Unity Park Storm Drain Rehabilitation Project, which was part of the 2017 bond election that voters approved.
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Another link in the flood-control chain was forged Tuesday with the ceremonial groundbreaking for the 9th and 13th Street Drainage Improvement Project, a $2.8 million effort backed mostly by federal funds.
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The Chandler City Council voted Tuesday to raise water and sewer rates to fund needed upgrades to those utilities. Residential customers will pay an additional $6 a month, $3 for water and $3 for sewer, when the rates go into effect. The city raised rates in 2017 and in 2010 for debt service. This is the first rate increase for in several years to pay for maintenance and operation.
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Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin is elated to announce at this morning's City Council meeting, Council unanimously passed an ordinance approving an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Houston and Harris County Flood Control District for joint purchase of the Woodridge Village development and appropriating $4,021,500 towards a regional wastewater facility.
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