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For at least the 15th year in a row, the city of Gainesville’s water supply has received a superior rating from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, according to Public Works Director Ron Sellman.

Average city residential water rates will rise 56 percent, effective Oct. 1, under a plan approved, 6-1, by Palestine City Council members. Many residential users with sprinklers, and most commercial users, would likely see increases of 80 percent.

Waco City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to assume ownership of the Waco Metropolitan Area Regional Sewerage System, making Bellmead, Hewitt, Lacy-Lakeview, Lorena, Robinson and Woodway, customers of the system rather than co-owners.

PORTLAND –  In mid-June, the Portland City Council held a workshop to discuss the city’s wastewater management systems and how to operate it in the most efficient way possible. 

Nearly a month before Topical Storm Harvey hit Southeast Texas in 2017, a fisherman noticed the levee in Port Arthur was damaged and posted about it on social media.

The Waco City Council on Tuesday will consider entering an agreement with Bellmead, Hewitt, Lacy-Lakeview, Lorena, Robinson and Woodway that would make those cities customers of a Waco Metropolitan Area Regional Sewerage System owned solely by Waco instead of jointly by all seven cities.

City workers received a green light from the Jacksonville City Council Tuesday for up to an additional $5,000 in city funds to extend a sewer line across U.S. Highway 79, allowing completion of an upgrade of existing infrastructure.

The City of Alpine held a regular city council meeting on July 2, and discussed at length the ongoing water and wastewater systems.

SAN ANGELO, Texas – The community of Ballinger is continuing their quarter century trend of updating vital infrastructure. They are also working on a joint project with the city of Abilene which may prove more beneficial than the city’s previous agreement with Millersview Doole Water Supply Corporation.

The Lower Brazos River Coalition urges early progress on the proposed Allens Creek Reservoir now that the Texas Legislature has approved a bill to jump-start the long-delayed project.

KYLE, Texas — The spillway collapsing at the dam at Lake Dunlap (Guadalupe River) just south of New Braunfels has an impact on the city of Kyle, 30 miles to the north. 

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The state-mandated removal of wastewater lagoons at a Hawaii dairy has commenced, officials said.

The state Department of Health announced Big Island Dairy's lower lagoon is no longer operational, West Hawaii Today reported Monday.

Residents in rural Central Texas and environmental advocates are fighting to protect their water supplies from being exposed to treated wastewater, and a meeting for the next battle — against a permit to allow dumping into a creek that feeds private wells and the San Marcos River — is set for Tuesday night.

The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority will test a newly installed warning alert system at McQueeney Dam at noon Sunday.

In an effort to reduce the amount of water used throughout the city, Carrollton will be piloting a water line flushing program.

SEGUIN, Texas — The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) will temporarily substitute chlorine for the current chloramine disinfectant used in the treatment of drinking water at Port Lavaca Water Treatment Plant (PLWTP).