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January 14, 2019 9:28 AM
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The first Wichita Falls City Council meeting of 2019 will include some wrapping up of loose ends from the previous year and a new plan for the city’s sewer system.
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January 11, 2019 10:14 AM
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Jan 10, 2019: During a Jan. 8 meeting, Sugar Land City Council accepted a Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant of $199,990 for the city’s Flood
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January 11, 2019 10:01 AM
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Austin Water officials gave details on a sanitary sewer overflow of more than 100,000 gallons detected last week, issuing a series of safety precautions to nearby residents relying on private wells as their water drinking source in the leak's aftermath.
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January 10, 2019 10:32 AM
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STAFF WRITER JARED FIELDS As expected, Lake LBJ reached its targeted level of 4 feet below normal range early Jan. 9. However, more water could be slowly taken out of the lake in the coming days by the Lower Colorado River Authority. After the October flood, the LCRA decided to lower the lake even though …
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January 10, 2019 10:05 AM
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As urbanization and climate change are impacting aquifers across the country, officials and municipalities are turning to new technologies to meet water demands. For many entities, investing in Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) systems might be the way to go.
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January 10, 2019 9:59 AM
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Flooding, fire and the loss of the beloved Bluebonnet Belle topped headlines in The Highlander for 2018.
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January 10, 2019 9:45 AM
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The Austin American-Statesman reports state regulators and officials in Rockdale, about an hour's drive northeast of Austin in Milam County, say the water, which residents have complained about for decades, is safe to drink.
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January 10, 2019 9:37 AM
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January 9, 2019 9:51 AM
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Grants up to $50,000 are awarded twice a year to local governments, emergency responders and nonprofit organizations. Applicants requesting $5,000 or more in gran
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January 9, 2019 9:32 AM
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DUBLIN --(BUSINESS WIRE) The "Coagulants & Flocculants - A Global Market Overview" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
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January 8, 2019 10:01 AM
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As the longest river with its drainage basin entirely within Texas, the Trinity River's watershed covers 18,000 square miles flowing 715 river miles through 37 Texas counties. (A historical marker located in Liberty in Liberty County, Texas.)
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January 8, 2019 9:56 AM
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Home and business owners on the Highland Lakes need a break from the rain. Last week’s widespread, heavy rain slowed down efforts to clean up debris and make repairs to docks and retaining walls. The Lower Colorado River Authority partially opened one floodgate on January 2 because of the rain. Monday night the LCRA plans to close the floodgate which will restart the process of lowering lakes LBJ and Marble Falls and letting property owners get a better look at flood damage.
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January 8, 2019 9:51 AM
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In business-friendly Texas, lawmakers could crack down on sand mines amid flooding concerns.
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January 14, 2019 9:25 AM
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Jan. 11, 2019: Williamson County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 18 to turn down the city’s plan for a portion of the pipeline, called the Berry Creek Wastewater Interceptor, to run underneath the county-owned park
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January 11, 2019 10:13 AM
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The city of Wichita Falls will soon begin the process of replacing some of the miles of aging and failing sewer lines, some which are about one hundred years old.
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January 11, 2019 10:00 AM
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The next installment of the Lakeway Heritage Committee history series will take the audience back to the construction of Mansfield Dam and Lakeway’s early years.Heritage Committee member Bill Hawkins will deliver the presentation at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 at Lake Travis Community Library, 1938 Lohmans Crossing. The event is free and open to the public.The Lower Colorado River Authority and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built Mansfield Dam from 1937 to 1942 across a deep canyon at Marshall Ford,
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January 10, 2019 10:18 AM
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A regional water purveyor’s proposal to expand its boundaries and do away with elections for its board picked up steam as the city of Belton threw its support behind the idea.
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January 10, 2019 10:02 AM
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The Willow Park City Council discussed a proposed drought contingency plan that will need to be adopted at the time the city starts to receive Fort Worth water as well as its water conservation plan.
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January 10, 2019 9:50 AM
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In leaked audio recordings provided to the KSAT 12 Defenders, three top officials with the San Antonio River Authority are heard discussing a culture of racism within one of the agency's departments.
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January 10, 2019 9:39 AM
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The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) solicits a request for applications for Fiscal Year 2019 Agricultural Water Conservation Grant Projects. The total amount of the grants to be awarded under this request for applications by the TWDB shall not exceed $600,000 from the Agricultural Water Conservation Fund
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January 9, 2019 9:53 AM
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The record breaking rainfall last week may impact the upcoming planting season.
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January 9, 2019 9:50 AM
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This report features 5 companies, including SUEZ, Veolia, DowDuPont, Hitachi Zosen, Evoqua Water Technologies
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January 9, 2019 9:31 AM
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After forcing campers out and closing the Brazos Bend State Park earlier this week, officials with Texas Parks and Wildlife said a Jan. 11 reopening is unlikely.
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January 8, 2019 10:00 AM
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AUSTIN -- The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) will host its Water for Texas conference, “The Story of Texas Water,” January 23–25, 2019, i
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January 8, 2019 9:52 AM
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The city of Bellaire is set to start a cooperative study to look at drainage and water flow both within its city limits and regionally.
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