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The City of Gatesville sells the water it gathers from Belton Lake to five other Central Texas water distributors. 
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The City of Nacogdoches is working to repair a sewer line leak near the 800 block of University Drive.
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Flood Control projects across the state have received a boost of funding from the Texas Legislature with Governor Greg Abbott signing Senate Bill 8 on Tuesday. The bill appropriated $150 million to The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) for repair and rehabilitation projects involving earthen dams built for the purpose of slowing and redirecting dangerous floodwaters.
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SAN BENITO — The city’s economic arm yesterday likely helped reduce possible property tax and water rate hikes for the residents. The Economic Development Corporation board voted last night to fund $65,000 a year toward a proposed $8.4 million sewer system overhaul now required following a state order that has a March 2023 deadline for …
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The Odessa City Council unanimously approved two new master plans during their Tuesday City Council for rehabilitating and expanding their water and wastewater master plans as they prepare for the city’s expanding development.
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A resident in Liberty Hill recently discovered solid waste discharges in the South San Gabriel River, leading to the city admitting there had been a spill at the local wastewater treatment plant.
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Century-old pipes in Palestine took a big hit during recent severe storms. Wastewater was flooding the streets last week, and now that it has been cleaned up, the city has a decision to make.
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Liberty Hill Mayor Rick Hall and Williamson County Commissioner Valerie Covey had promised to keep people updated about monthly discharges from the plant during a meeting with residents in January but never did, said Georgetown resident LaWann Tull.
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Paris City Council is expected to approve a $370,000 engineering contract for initial work on a revamp of the city’s sewer treatment plant, expected to cost city residents in excess of $30 million.
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SAN ANGELO — Kayakers, swimmers and fishing-enthusiasts at Lake Nasworthy can breathe a little easier: thousands of gallons of sewage are not headed their way.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and Virginia Water Environment Association (VWEA) are profoundly saddened by the tragedy in Virginia Beach that claimed 12 lives, including several people who worked for the City’s Public Works and Public Utilities Departments. Some of those who lost their lives or were injured are members of WEF and VWEA and are known across the broader water sector.
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CISCO, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - The days of limited water are gone. "We don't typically do this for our projects but this one we really thought warranted a big party and celebration," said vice president of Enprotec / Hibbs & Todd, Inc Jordan Hibbs. The City of Cisco opened the doors to a brand-new water treatment plant Monday, a project that was years in the making. "It's been a rollercoaster," said Hibbs.
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The Brazos River Authority and Parker County officials are working closely together to monitor the Brazos River and the potential for flooding if additional rain is received. As of Monday, the county reported that the Brazos River had risen to 20 feet at the Dennis gauge — the flood stage is 21 feet.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — During Corpus Christi's City Council meeting Tuesday, the team working on getting permits for a desalination plant told City leaders they are getting closer to announcing exact locations for it.
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A comprehensive catalog of earthquake sequences in Texas's Fort Worth Basin, from 2008 to 2018, provides a closer look at how wastewater disposal from oil and gas exploration has changed the seismic landscape in the basin.
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A new resolution passed by the Wimberley city leaders reinstates the city administrator as the primary contact for matters relating to its wastewater project. The action repealed a previous resolution which labeled the city’s mayor and mayor pro tem, as well as the city administrator, as points of contact for wastewater information.
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Construction begins this month on a wastewater main that will service southeast Fort Worth and wholesale customers Burleson and Crowley.
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The small town of Granger in northeast Williamson County is without water after multiple water main breaks, the mayor said. Mayor Trevor Cheatheam said there is no estimated time for water service to return.
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The Odessa City Council will consider adopting master plans for the city’s water and wastewater during their Tuesday meeting, providing the city with plans to pursue future city water projects.
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The site where sulfur springs were first discovered in 1892 came full circle when a five-week drilling effort reached a spring of geothermally heated groundwater.
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Border Patrol's largest migrant holding facility in El Paso, Texas, has been illegally disposing contaminated water into a drain that funnels water back to the city to use as drinking water for the county's 840,000 residents.
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Denison’s waste water treatment plant will soon have a new environmental services and maintenance building. Denison City Council approved a $338,743 bid on Monday night to Above Grade Development to begin construction on the project.
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DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas — Environmentalists want a judge to stop the City of Dripping Springs from dumping treated wastewater into Onion Creek. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved the permit this past February, calling it the “most stringent.”
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Jun 3, 2019: The plan for a new $28 million wastewater treatment plant in north Missouri City and an expansion of another are making their way toward construction. The
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Jun 3, 2019: Houston—The city may have to forfeit its rights over the site of a proposed reservoir in Austin County thanks to a bill that passed both chambers of the
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