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Kristine Poland says she woke up one morning in late-September to find her street flooded. A 12-inch water line blew along Woodrow Avenue, drenching the Brentwood neighborhood.
City contractors continue to do utility work along Flour Bluff Drive. A cured in place pipe (CIPP) is being installed in a stretch of the wastewater line, a new manhole cover, and ring will be replaced along with asphalt work i
The Harris County Flood Control District, Harris County Engineering Department and Little Cypress Creek Frontier Program held at meeting at Houston's First Baptist Church in Cypress, discussing maintenance projects for subdivisions, updating Texas Water Development Board regional drainage plans along Cypress Creek, and land acquisitions.
Prompted by a growing number of citizens’ complaints, the Schertz City Council at its Oct. 22 meeting took up the issue of increasingly higher water bills — and whether new water meters might be to blame.
Construction begins this month on a parallel relief wastewater main that will service southeast Fort Worth and wholesale customers Burleson and Crowley.
A 25-year Master Drainage Plan was approved by the Abilene City Council in November of 2018, and nearly one year later, that plan is 95-percent complete, according to the City of Abilene's Stormwater Services. T
The City of Baird is placing a sound cannon at the Wastewater Lagoons. According to the City of Baird, the sound cannon is now required by the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality to remove ducks that have made a home on the pond.
The Trinity River Authority appreciated the time Senator Brian Birdwell took out of his busy schedule to attend our Oct. 23 board of directors meeting.
An incumbent seeking a second term faces a challenger in a race for a San Antonio River Authority board seat representing parts of the West and South sides.
Low-income residential customers who are enrolled in the City of Austin’s Customer Assistance Program (CAP) can expect additional discounts on their monthly bill starting November 1.
Officials of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority took steps in late October to begin construction of a pipeline segment that's part of a larger project that eventually will carry surface water from Lake Houston to west Harris County.
COMBES — Officials have a word of advice: Be kind to your sewer system. In the early 2000s, the town of Combes was given 100 percent grant funding from the Texas Water Development Board to bring in wastewater.
HOUSTON — Houston City Council accepted millions of dollars in grants Wednesday to start two long-awaited projects that city leaders hope could reduce flooding and protect the property of thousands of people.
New water and sewer rates have been approved for New Braunfels Utilities customers. The new rates, effective Nov. 1, are designed to have a minimal impact
The Progress Times is the hometown newspaper for the local communities of Mission, Sharyland, Alton, Palmview, La Joya and surrounding areas in Western Hidalgo County.
Think better drainage isn’t important to Southeast Texans? Orange County Commissioner Johnny Trahan and Don Carona, bossman at the OC Drainage District, held a public questions-and-answers meeting for Precinct 1 residents during World Series Game 6 featuring the Houston Astros.
Crews are finishing up construction of the Cade Branch Trail, which starts in the cul-de-sac on Newcastle Street in the Briarwyck Subdivision and follows the Trinity River Authority easement under Highway 114 in Roanoke.
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