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The Town of Little Elm is telling residents along Eldorado Parkway if they've noticed a stench in the air near the wastewater treatment plant, they're not imagining it. "We are sorry to say that, yes, it is us," the town said in a Facebook post Tuesday. The city decided to come clean saying they know "the situation stinks (literally)."

The city of Early will look to offload an estimated 500 bales of hay in the near future and are expected to begin baling their first crop Wednesday. Early City Administrator Tony Aaron requested input from the council, which then created the foundation of city policy regarding the sale of crops produced from treated wastewater from the city wastewater treatment plant, which went online nearly a year ago.

The Denison City Council recently discussed financing for both past and future water projects . In two separate actions, the council approved issuing $5.72 million in debt for 2019 water and sewer projects and a separate bond for $3.45 million to refinance previous debt from 2008 water projects.

LADONIA — Several fire departments in Hunt County are accepting donations of bottled water to help a nearby Fannin County community that is currently without water.

Residents using the City of Ladonia’s water system were without water over the weekend and a fix has yet to come as of Monday.

Water rates in Laredo will be going up this year and for the foreseeable future so as to pay for the expansion of the city's wastewater capacity. City Council took the vote Thursday at a special-called meeting. Rates for residential users will be going up over 5 percent each year, an extra $2 to $4 a month for most families, according to the city's hired consultant, Dan Jackson, vice president of Willdan Financial Services.

Athens officials have adopted a drought-contingency plan following a council meeting on Monday.

City Manager Elizabeth Borstad said the plan, required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, is like the one previously in place. Texas law shows that “the retail public water supplier shall review and update, as appropriate, the drought contingency plan, at least every five years.”

A nonprofit organization’s attempt to revive plans for a city-owned wastewater facility in Wimberley could hang on a proposed $823,000 grant. Friends of Blue Hole (FoBH), a nonprofit organization created to protect the Blue Hole... #AndrewWeber #CypressCreek #EconomicDevelopmentAdministration

Wise County Judge J.D. Clark, Boyd Mayor Rodney Holmes and Bridgeport Mayor Randy Singleton have drafted a letter to the City of Fort Worth in hopes of eliminating the stink from biosolids in Wise County. “We are asking Fort Worth to stick to what they are saying, plus some other things,” Singleton said. “It’s a small step at the beginning of what we do here.”

Texarkana, Texas, City Manager Shirley Jaster has authority to implement the city's Wright Patman Lake water-rights contracts and strategies. In anticipation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers increasing the capacity of Wright Patman Lake, the Texas-side City Council during its meeting Monday unanimously approved an ordinance making explicit that Jaster is in charge of the city's response.

WACO, TX - Following the heavy rains over the weekend, the City of Waco is reporting an estimated 84,000 gallons of wastewater spilled when a manhole overflowed near the Regional Airport.

The overflow was believed to have occurred late Sunday night near the 7900 block of Skeet Eason Drive.

The city reports all the discharges have stopped and cleanup actities to disinfect the area were underway Monday morning.

Connie Swinney Staff Writer Officials released the latest figures April 2 of flood-related expenses – approximately $335,000 – in which the city has applied for insurance and potential FEMA fund reimbursement.

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont resident with a rising water bill was surprised he'd been paying for potentially twice the amount of water he'd been using. LaFrance Benjamin, 56, of Beaumont, moved into one half of a duplex on Doucette Street in the south end of Beaumont in March 2018. Throughout the past year Benjamin's water bill kept increasing and by June 2018 they were substantially higher and he was looking for answers.

San Angelo, TX - Eden residents may soon see better water presure and service quality.That's because the city is recieving USDA funding for water and wastewater system improvements as part of a new rural development initiative. The city says the funding will help finish updating the system.