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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality sent a contractor to help the Port O’Connor Improvement District restore vacuum pressure to its wastewater collection system. With a vacuum truck, the contractor began on Thursday pumping wastewater out of collection pits, which the district refers to as buffer tanks and pots.

For a year and a half, Aqua Water Supply and the city of Bastrop have been working on a deal to resolve a conflict created by state legislation passed seven years ago.The proposed interlocal agreement by Aqua Water and the city, which is expected to be approved by both entities later this month, is a workaround to Senate Bill 573, which lifted regulations that dictated who developers could get water and wastewater services from. If a developer was building within a water or wastewater

Invasive zebra mussels — about the size of a thumbnail — can quickly proliferate and are highly adaptive to new environments, including Texas. Photo: LAN Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam develops an invasive species response plan for a south Texas water-diversion project. By J. Tom Ray, P.E., D.WRE Transport and delivery of major quantities of raw …

BEEVILLE – A dozen elected and appointed officials with the city of Beeville met in a joint session Tuesday, Sept. 18, to come up with a plan to finance badly needed upgrades at water and wastewater facilities.

“It could fail at any time,” City Manager Joe B. Montez said of the wastewater treatment plant on Moore Street.

He was addressing the three groups as they sat at tables in the John C. Fulghum Beeville Event Center.

The topic of flooding and how to mitigate storm drainage run off from storms like Hurricane Harvey and the 2016 Tax Day and Memorial Day floods has been a focus of the Houston region and also in The Woodlands Township.

During the Wednesday meeting of The Woodlands Township Board of Directors meeting, board member Bruce Rieser — who is the chairman of the township’s Storm Drainage Task Force — issued a seven-point call to action to county leaders, municipal utility district officials and others involved in water issues and flood mitigation.

Following a recent presentation on the 2018 water and wastewater rate update and financial forecast by Dan Jackson, vice president at Willdan Financial Services, the council approved amending the rate and fee change.

The first phase of a “very challenging project” is about to commence on the West Fork of the San Jacinto River – the Kingwood area’s long awaited dredging.

The nearly $70 million project was slated to begin Sept. 6, but is slightly delayed due to a partial failure of one of the dredges, which required a replacement part to be manufactured and shipped to the dredge site. Once the part is received, dredging will commence.

Thanks to a slow-moving cold front, an upper level distribution and lots of gulf moisture, the last week's heavy rains led to wastewater overflows, event cancellations and flooded roadways throughout Collin County.

(ARLINGTON, TEXAS) – The Central Regional Wastewater System plant experienced seven overflows on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the following times and locations:

1. 8:48 a.m. – 1521 Royal Lane, Dallas
2. 8:55 a.m. – 11994 Luna Road, Farmers Branch
3. 9:35 a.m. – 1488 Valwood Parkway, Carrollton
4. 9:54 a.m. – 1973 Diplomat Drive, Farmers Branch
5. 10:55 a.m. – 3199 Proctor Street, Irving
6. 10:55 a.m. – 3599 International Place, Irving
7. 1:36 p.m. – 6500 West Singleton Boulevard, Dallas

The overflows occurred when heavy, widespread rain caused hydraulic overloading of the collection system.

All wastewater overflows in excess of 100,000 gallons must be reported to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the public and other designated public officials. The final estimated quantity of the overflows will be reported to TCEQ.

No public drinking water supplies have been threatened or contaminated by this overflow; no aquatic life has been affected. The public is reminded to avoid contact with waste material, soil or water near the affected area.

TRA has notified all required city, county and state officials.

Roy Lee Cannon stands on the deck of his shrimp boat docked at Eagle Point Fishing Camp during the golden hour of a summer evening, his whippet-thin, sun-tanned frame slouched against the boat's fish hold. He looks out on Galveston Bay, his office for the last 44 years.

SAN ANTONIO – Neighbors between McCullough and the Quarry are so sick of their streets flooding every time it rains, they’re welcoming an even bigger headache to make it better. Seeing a road closed sign is a pain for drivers, longtime resident Tim Flye calls it progress. "Having a street closed here and there, in the end, it’s going to be beneficial to us,” he says. Ask him what it’s like when it floods. "I mean, which one? You know what I mean,” Flye says.

In October, city of Coppell water utility customers will start seeing their water meters replaced as part of the city’s Advanced Water Meter System project, a new service enhancement initiative to install advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) throughout the community.

A Bandera county utility program issued a boil water notice for more than 500 homes in the area. Monarch Utilities said customers in the Lake Medina Shores subdivision off Whartons Dock Road need to boil all of its water to ensure safety. The boil water notice affects about 580 homes in the area. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the public notice after finding a main line link in the distribution system.

Cedar Park City Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the use of eminent domain to acquire three parcels of land for the Cottonwood Wastewater Interceptor Project.

At its regular meeting the council approved that the city acquire both permanent and temporary easements from property owned by Lansford Family Limited Partnership for construction and operation of the wastewater interceptor. Eminent domain enables the city to appropriate private property for public use while providing compensation.

From leaking sewage to sludge pits full of dioxin and other chemicals Houston's water is the focus of discussion. This week's panel: Jessica Colon - Republican strategist, Nyanza Moore - progressive commentator and Houston attorney, Bob Price – Associate Editor Breitbart Texas,  Tony Diaz- Chicano educator and activist,  Tomaro Bell – Supe

Construction on a multi-million dollar pipeline bringing wastewater service to the south side of Kyle is expected to start by the end of the year. On Sept. 18, the Kyle City Council unanimously approved a $6 million bid from Skyblue Utilitites, Inc. to construct the... #leonbarba #scottsellers

The Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 board of directors approved rate hikes for water and wastewater service at its monthly meeting Wednesday, potentially affecting residents in Killeen, Harker Heights and Nolanville.

VAN ALSTYNE, Texas -- If you live in the vicinity of Van Alstyne's wastewater treatment plant, the city advises you to have your drinking water supply tested before further use.That's because heavy rainfall led to excessive discharges on Saturday (2.6 million gallons)  and Sunday (1.6 million gallons). The average daily limit is 950,000 gallons.

West Harris County residents may expect to see the cost of the water they use increase next year. At its September meeting, the nine-member West Harris County Regional Water Authority board of directors authorized distributing notice of a proposed rate increase.

Austin (Travis County) — Financial agreements worth over $18 million were arranged last week by the Texas Water Development Board for wastewater system projects in three communities.

The City of Gatesville in Coryell County was approved for $10 million in financial assistance. The Laguna Madre Water District in Cameron County was approved for over $5.4 million, and the City of Dublin in Erath County was approved for $2.9 million.