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Due to heavy rains over the weekend, the City of Nacogdoches Wastewater Treatment Plant has been overwhelmed and the capacity of the system is at its maximum. This has resulted in an overflow of rainwater and sanitary sewage at a manhole near the plant into Lanana Creek in excess of 100,000 gallons.

West Harris County residents, including people living in the city of Katy, will be billed more for the water they use starting Jan. 1.

That’s a result of recent action taken by the board of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority (WHCRWA). The rate increase is 25 cents per 1,000 gallons of water. That means that the groundwater reduction plan fee will become $2.95 per 1,000 gallons and the surface water fee will become $3.35 per 1,000 gallons of water.

Frustrations and concerns are growing among downtown Wimberley business owners as they wait for the city to receive approval for changes in its wastewater system plans. That, combined with plans for third-party Aqua Texas to operate a... #ClaySchultz #RebeccaMinnick #TexasWaterDevelopmentBoard

BEEVILLE – Spokespersons for Inframark, the company that manages the City of Beeville’s water and wastewater treatment plants, confirmed Monday that their personnel can take care of many of the maintenance needs at those facilities.

There were four of five things going on in town last Thursday that I wanted to attend. Typical night in the busy ’Burg, huh? One of them I had to let pass was a forum at Schreiner University dealing with water pollution sponsored by the Hill Country Alliance.

Fortunately, Texas Public Radio recorded and archived the talk, which can be found at www.tpr.org/post/balancing-population-growth-and-healthy-rivers-texas.

Over 120 landowners and public utilities have filed their opposition to the Lower Colorado River Authority and its pursuit to pump 25,000 acre-feet of groundwater per year from eight wells in Bastrop County.Last week, the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District — the local entity charged with regulating and permitting groundwater use in Bastrop and Lee counties — filed notice of the case’s first prehearing conference before a state administrative judge, which will be

A long-running feud pitting Austin-area lakeside communities against farmers downriver could settle down with proposed changes to a water management plan for the Highland Lakes.The pending update to what's essentially a user's manual for operating the river could mean that more water will stay in Central Texas because of a new reservoir designed to help quench thirsty rice farms.The Arbuckle Reservoir, scheduled to come online in 2019, will store water for agricultural use in Wharton and

According to EPW officials, the PSB will now consider the combined $436.1 million budget, which proposes no increase for stormwater fees. The officials add that, “this is a downward adjustment from last year’s projection of 6 percent.”

Cleburne won a legal round on Friday in its fight against a company which spreads treated human waste that the mayor says threatens the city’s water supply. "It's a very strong concern we have that our water could be contaminated,” Mayor Scott Cain said. Johnson County District Judge John Neill issued a temporary order instructing the company, Harrington Environmental Services of Joshua, not to violate environmental regulations.

Malcolm Evart Cowdin is a Maintenance Mechanic II at the Trinity River Authority’s Central Regional Wastewater System, one of five TRA wastewater plants. He holds Class B licenses for both Surface Water and Wastewater Operations in the State of Texas. Malcolm started his career with the TRA at CRWS
more than 35 years ago, in the intervening years he has also worked at TRA’s Dallas Fort-Worth pretreatment facility, as well as in their Field Services Division. 

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The San Jacinto River Authority and Montgomery County Constable Precinct 1 announced that Lake Conroe will reopen today at noon after this weekend's heavy rain. It had been temporarily closed due to the high water levels.

Weatherford Utility Board approved a bid for the construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plant — SCADA System Improvement project.The board voted last week to award the bid to the lowest bidder, TraC-n-trol Inc., for $764,749. The project was open for bids in September, and three bids were received.SCADA, or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, is programming that the city uses to monitor and control water and wastewater systems, Communications and Marketing Director Blake Rexroat said.

An estimated 117,000 gallons of "untreated domestic wastewater mixed with storm water" is believed to have spilled in the 200 block of North Travis Street, near the University of Houston Downtown campus, following the storm that continued through Saturday morning, according to Houston Public Works officials. The two other impacted areas include 1200 Wrightwood Street and 10200 Eastex Freeway, near Parker Road.

An additional $300,000 toward equipment and facility upgrades at the Kyle wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is the amount city officials plan to further invest as it attempts to meet demand. The upgrades are part of a $1,713,221... #LeonBarba #TexasCommissiononEnvironmentalQuality #TravisMitchell

BEEVILLE – The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to accept a proposal from LNV Engineering for work in a sludge disposal permit. City Manager Joe B. Montez explained that the engineering firm will assist the city in preparing a renewal application for the disposal of sludge from the George P. Morrill, I Water Treatment Plant at Swinney Switch.

Over the weekend, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) began construction on four miles of new wastewater pipeline. The $10.7 million project is expected to increase wastewater capacity in the fast-growing northwest Plano area. The project should be completed by the end of 2019.

A settlement agreement the City Council approved Tuesday gives Victoria the ability to withdraw enough water from the Guadalupe River to fill one-fourth of the Houston Astrodome. The settlement agreement is with the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority. GBRA will reserve 241 acre feet of water during a 10-year period for Victoria. 

Residents whose properties were annexed by Elgin in 2015 are requesting to be deannexed and returned to unincorporated status, a move the Elgin City Council is considering as it weighs whether to spend nearly $3 million to extend wastewater infrastructure to the annexed area.In 2015, the Elgin City Council annexed properties along FM 1704 and Texas 95. Elgin City Manager Tom Mattis, who was not working in the city at the time, said last month that a primary objective for the annexation was to

WIMBERLEY, Texas — The Wimberley School Board voted unanimously to create a water-smart, One Water primary school. The district is making history by building the first One Water school in Texas. A One Water school promotes managing all the water as a single resource that is sustainable and reusable.

Construction debris, grease and wipes caused a sewage spill of less than 50,000 gallons Friday on the far West Side, according to the San Antonio Water System. The overflow occurred about 12:40 p.m. at a 12-inch sewer main in the 2300 block of Grosenbacher, according to SAWS.

Fort Worth Rep. Kay Granger is moving into a bigger role on Congress’s spending panel — as officials warn a major economic development and flood control project in her district desperately need more federal funding to stay on track.