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The city of Humble is proposing a fiscal year 2020-21 budget that includes drainage projects to mitigate flooding, a new fire engine, expanding Rankin Road and a slightly higher property tax rate. The city hosted its budget workshop Aug. 13.
The Laredo Utilities Department has seen a large drop in revenue this year due to people not paying their water bills. Since March, 3,200 accounts have not paid their bills, totaling a $1.4 million loss in revenue for the department.
Take drought-prone regions with limited water resources, combine with soaring demand for fresh water by industry - particularly the oil and gas industry - and it becomes a recipe for extreme water stress. Palisade Pipeline estimates industry freshwater demand in portions of the Permian Basin reached over 33.6 million gallons a day last year.
The City of Kerrville held an official ribbon-cutting July 31 to celebrate completion of the new Legion Lift Station.
Located in the Loop 534 and Highway 27 area, the Legion Lift Station will be able to pump almost nine million gallons of wastewater per day, easily surpassing the 5.5-million-gallon pumping capacity of the old station.
The Shenandoah City Council approved increasing water rates across the city by an average of $5 per month for the first time in 10 years during an Aug. 12 meeting. The increase comes following a study conducted by various branches of the city and Bleyl Engineering, which factors in future growth of the city and water treatment needs over the next five years.
City of Austin’s Customer Assistance Program (CAP), a program that allows for a 10 percent reduction in water and wastewater rates for Austin's most vulnerable low-income customers, will continue through the 2021 fiscal year.
The past few months have forced many of us to spend more time at home than usual. Though it’s great to be surrounded by family, the isolation can also drive people a bit stir-crazy after a while. You may have even spent some time staring at the lawn.
City Council members hopes two grants and matching city funds can help improve flooding problems at the La Volla Creek Drainage Basin on Corpus Christi's North Padre Island.
For years, city officials have been bracing to boost the property tax rate to fund a state-mandated sewer system overhaul as the clock ticks toward a March 2023 deadline.
Corpus Christi voters won't decide if desalination plants are constructed in the city. City Council on Tuesday unanimously deteremined a group of petitioners failed to collect enough signatures to put a measure on whether to build a desalination plant on the Nov. 3 ballot.
To mitigate issues connected to rapid growth, Leander is requesting a transportation master plan and a long-range water supply study. Both studies will be the first of their kind for the city. Leander City Council approved contracts for each study at its Aug. 6 meeting.
During the worst flood in Midland's recorded history, these frontline workers were sleeping in cots, getting minimal sleep, traversing the city by boat, and working endless shifts. These are not paramedics or police officers. Rather, they are staff members of the City of Midland's Wastewater Department.
Initial proposals for $2.9 billion-$3.3 billion worth of long-term flood mitigation projects throughout the San Jacinto River watershed were outlined Aug. 13 by regional government and water management organizations in a virtual public meeting livestreamed on the San Jacinto Regional Watershed Master Drainage Plan website Aug. 13.
On August 14, 2020, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the Angelina Water Supply Corporation public water system, PWS ID# 0030016, to issue a Boil Water Notice to inform customers, individuals, or employees in the Bald Hill area beginning at Loving Rd and South of Loving Rd. that due to conditions that occurred recently in the public water system, the water from this public water system was required to be boiled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes.
August is water quality month and Texans with septic systems can help improve local water quality by making sure it is working properly. Septic systems — known as on-site sewage facilities, or OSSFs — work like mini wastewater treatment facilities for rural or suburban Texans who live too far away to connect to a city’s sewer system.
As part of the Dallas Floodway Bipartisan Act Supplemental Project, USACE Fort Worth, in partnership with the City of Dallas, is building new pump stations and refurbishing existing pump stations to give increased flood protection to the citizens of Dallas.
A sewer line collapse in downtown Mineola closed part of U.S. Hwy. 80 for a few days and left city public works crews on scene during much of that time to try to mitigate more problems.
With the League City City Council's unanimous approval Aug. 11, costs for new water meters in the city will go up, and customers instead of the city will pay for repairing damaged meters.
As shoppers scooped up packs of toilet paper in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, city water departments across the country shared a similar concern: Would the toilet paper shortage lead to an influx of alternatives, including supposedly “flushable wipes” and Kleenex, and increase the number of clogs in the sewage system?
City leaders recently struck a deal regarding its outdated wastewater system with federal officials after a decade of negotiations.The agreement stems from a lawsuit filed by the Environmental Protection Agency because of sanitary sewer overflows into federal waters.
The San Jacinto Regional Watershed Master Drainage Plan (SJMDP), led by the Harris County Flood Control District, along with local partners Montgomery County, the City of Houston, and the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA), will host a virtual public meeting in August 2020.
Officials with the city of Roanoke are reminding area residents to limit outdoor watering during summer months. According to city officials, the city of Roanoke irrigation ordinance limits outdoor watering for all customers using an irrigation system or sprinkler to a maximum of two days per week.
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