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The San Antonio River Authority decided not to pursue an additional tax to fund an expansion of its role in cleaning and maintaining local waterways. 
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A long-neglected segment along the Lake Brazos Dam has deteriorated to an unsafe degree, according to city officials. Engineering firm Freese and Nichols estimates it will cost about $5 million to repair and reinforce an earthen embankment on the east side of the Brazos River that has been steadily eroding.
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The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) plans to lower Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and Inks Lake in early 2020. The organization plans to lower Lake LBJ four feet and Inks Lake eight feet to continue their efforts to recover from the flooding that occurred in October 2018.
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A San Antonio River Authority proposal to more than double property taxes could be dead in the water.
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A lot of cooking will take place during the upcoming holidays and that means there will be leftover grease and oil. The City wants to remind residents about the proper ways to dispose of fats, oils and greases (FOG).
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Montgomery’s Public Works Department appears to have solved the mystery behind what caused millions of gallons of water to go unaccounted for this year.
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As the city seeks to shift a portion of sales tax from critical Edwards Aquifer protection to boost public transit, the San Antonio River Authority has floated a proposal to fill part of the void by increasing the amount of taxes it collects from property owners.
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People living in Beeville are shocked after not getting their water bill in the mail. The City of Beeville says those bills still need to be paid in full.
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Denton City Council voted in favor Friday of declaring a local emergency regarding the water services at Green Tree Estates and to provide temporary water service and/or resources for a period of 90 days.
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But some areas around Gonzales Dam and Wade Dam remain off limits to boaters, swimmers and all forms of recreation.
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Water service is scheduled to be shut off on Friday for a few dozen residents of a privately-owned mobile home community in Denton called Green Tree Estates.
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New Braunfels City Council approved a resolution supporting the creation of the Lake McQueeney Water Control and Improvement District on Monday night.
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Willow Park City Engineer Derek Turner presented the master drainage plan study and recommended $1.66 million in improvement projects to the city council Tuesday night.
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The Cypress Creek Watershed Partnership, a group of community stakeholders working to improve water quality in Cypress Creek, has hosted several meetings to gauge opinions on how the project should proceed.
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Cottonwood Shores city officials have sent an alert to residents about a five-hour water shut-off period to repair a break in the municipality's main water line.
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When you visit a restroom, you don't always think about the amount of water you use with each flush. But according to researchers at Penn State's Wong Laboratory for Nature Inspired Engineering, over 37 billion gallons of water are used just for toilet flushing everyday.
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The City of Garland is participating in the regional Holiday Grease Roundup, an annual campaign that addresses fats, oils and grease in the wastewater system.
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After a two-hour discussion on Nov. 6, the Environmental Commission recommended against a variance that would have allowed a developer to place an 860-foot portion of a large wastewater line within the inner half of the critical water quality zone…
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Land Commissioner George P. Bush on Nov. 14 announced the Texas General Land Office's approval of $21,155,575 in Hurricane Harvey funds for Fort Bend County to conduct a buyout program.
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At the southernmost portion of the city, millions of gallons of sewage pours into Pflugerville’s wastewater treatment plant. Currently the plant can treat 5.3 million gallons of it every day.
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More than a decade after it was first proposed, a water exchange bridge on Park Road 22 may finally be built next year.
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For the next billing cycle, Corsicana residents will notice a change to their water bill that is purely cosmetic in appearance, but is designed to make reading their monthly utility payment easier to understand.
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As San Antonio continues to grow, stormwater engineers are using lessons learned on the San Antonio River and applying them to other parts of the city.
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The San Jacinto West Fork is white like milk in photos captured by a citizen in a helicopter flying over the Kingwood area Monday. He reported the strange color to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
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