Long awaited improvements to some of Athens’ most troublesome water lines are progressing as planned. Mayor Monte Montgomery said at times the construction will be an inconvenience to residents and motorists in the area. “This is going to be a somewhat disruptive project, but very much needed,” he said. “I’ve been on the council seven or eight years now and there’s been brown water throughout this area for quite a while.”
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) recently confirmed the return of Hydrilla on Lake Conroe for the first time since 2010. This summer, less than a tenth of an acre of hydrilla were found in the Caney Creek arm of Lake Conroe, which spans over 20,000 acres. The small hydrilla colony was immediately treated with a targeted herbicide application. 
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An intergovernmental quarterly meeting between city, county and school officials scheduled to take place Tuesday morning at Granbury City Hall has been canceled. Granbury’s planned new wastewater treatment plant was to have been discussed, but City Manager Chris Coffman said the city pulled out after the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) declined to have any officials available to speak to the group by phone.
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San Antonio Water System is implementing Stage 1 watering restrictions starting Friday. City Manager Erik Walsh and SAWS President Robert R. Puente made the announcement Thursday, saying that the Stage 1 restrictions are in effect. “San Antonio has missed the lower temperatures and rain we typically receive at this time of year. This has triggered higher water use for landscape irrigation,” said SAWS Conservation Director Karen Guz.
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