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(KXXV) - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department found several Alligator Gar at the river on Wednesday.According to the TPWD, there are Alligator Gar studies underway at numerous sites. At the lower Brazos, they were able to catch, measure and tag Alligator Gar.All the fish were caught, measured, tagged, DNA samples were taken and promptly released. 
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Some Montgomery County residents are furious about a plan to lower water levels on Lake Conroe. Starting this week, the San Jacinto River Authority has begun temporarily lowering the water in lake as part of a project to reduce flood risks on the river. Mike Bleier is president of the Lake Conroe Association, an environmental nonprofit made up of local property owners.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced July 5 that it will fund a decades-old plan to improve Clear Creek to handle future flood events and reduce the risk of damage to lives and property for the communities along the creek which runs west to east and serves as the dividing line between Brazoria County to the south, and Harris County to the north.
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HOUSTON -The City of Houston on Tuesday released a temporary flood mitigation plan for Lake Houston and Lake Conroe. Lake Houston, which is operated by the City of Houston and the Coastal Water Authority, will operate using a pre-release approach, city officials said. If the National Weather Service predicts more than 3 inches of rain within the San Jacinto River basin in a 48-hour period, Coastal Water Authority will then lower Lake Houston from 42.5 feet to 41.5 feet.
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With the city of Houston’s official approval, the San Jacinto River Authority will begin the temporary seasonal lowering of Lake Conroe on Wednesday as flood mitigation strategy. SJRA board members first voted in April for a proposed plan that would call for lowering Lake Conroe on a temporary basis in the spring and fall. As the majority water-right holder of Lake Conroe, owning two-thirds of the water rights, and the city of Houston had to make the final decision which was announced on Monday.
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Homeowners in North Orange blame what they call the “West Lutcher Drive dam bridges” for making Harvey flooding back up into their homes last summer. They want the bridges removed. Three years ago, a June 2015 Flood Risk Report for Orange County issued by the Federal Emergency Management Administration, called for replacing “undersized bridge openings.”
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The City of Houston, the San Jacinto River Authority and the Coastal Water Authority announced Monday a temporary flood mitigation for Lake Conroe and Lake Houston that will be in place until the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers dredging project on the lower West Fork of the San Jacinto River is complete.
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League City’s Public Water System has again been rated “Superior” by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The rating comes after a July 17, 2018 inspection by the TCEQ that included a comprehensive review of all operations including: monitoring, regulatory reporting documentation, staff licensing, and other key elements of water system operations and maintenance.
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A North Texas Municipal Water District reservoir project in Fannin Country received a $300 million financial boost Thursday from the Texas Water Development Board. This brings the total approved by TWDB for the Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir project to $1.5 billion, NTMWD spokesperson Janet Rummel said in an email to Community Impact Newspaper. “This low-interest financing will result in over $230 million in savings in borrowing costs,” Rummel said.
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First phase and segment opened to the public on May 5, 2018 SAN ANTONIO – The first segment of the much-anticipated San Pedro Creek Culture Park – a one-of- a-kind urban greenspace located on the western edge of downtown San Antonio – officially debuted to the public on Saturday, May 5, 2018. The world-class linear park is the result of a joint effort by Bexar County, the San Antonio River Authority and the City of San Antonio to transform San Pedro Creek into a restored natural creek habitat and greenspace. Combining purpose with beauty, San Pedro Creek Culture Park weaves public art and architectural design into historic preservation, flood control, water quality and ecosystem restoration.
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A year ago scientists discovered zebra mussels just north of San Antonio at Canyon Lake for the first time, the furthest south the invasive invertebrates have been found in the United States. With boaters and other recreationists moving between waterways to keep cool this summer, there’s a high risk that the mussels will find a new home in other lakes and reservoirs.
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As Texans continue to sweat through record-breaking summer heat, the city of Cleburne and the Brazos River Authority are asking residents to practice voluntary water conservation. Gayle White of Cleburne — who has an official weather gauge from NBC DFW — has only measured .23 inches of rain during July. These drought conditions have prompted the Brazos River Authority — which manages the system Cleburne’s water comes from — to implement a Stage 1 Drought Watch Condition for Lake Aquilla. The authority seeks to reduce water usage by 5 percent through voluntary measures. Because the city pumps water from Lake Aquilla into Lake Pat Cleburne for its water supply, voluntary water conservation now will benefit the whole system.
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Houston-area officials are moving forward with a plan to improve flood warnings and protections along the San Jacinto River, scene of some of the region’s worst flooding during Hurricane Harvey. The San Jacinto River Regional Watershed Study would look for ways to enhance warning systems across a seven-county region that the river and its connected channels flow through. The approximately $2.71 million project would also involve updating flood risk analyses for some 535 miles of streams in the watershed’s upper stretches.
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AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Wade “Tanner” Mahan and Kathryn Mews and reappointed Hugh “Che” Stone, III to the Upper Colorado River Authority Board of Directors for terms set to expire on February 1, 2023. In addition, he appointed Erica Hall and reappointed Eva Horton and Ronny Alexander for terms set to expire on February 1, 2021, and reappointed William “Bill” Hood for a term set to expire on February 1, 2019. The Governor named Horton chair of the board.
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About 1,400 homeowners near Granbury are being warned to boil their water – for the fifth time in just the last year. Monarch, the private water company in the Oak Trail Shores neighborhood, blamed the “mechanical failure of a critical filter” and said it is working to fix the problem. But customers said this is just the latest incident and that their water service has been unreliable for years.
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A contractor hired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging a portion of the West Fork of the San Jacinto River this month to remove sedimentation and debris deposited in the river during Hurricane Harvey.
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On July 26, 2018, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) announced the approval of approximately $23 millionin financial assistance to be put towards 15 water and wastewater projects. $21 million of the funding will be put towards three projects, two in South Texas cities and one in a rural area. The remaining cash injection will be spread across 12 project sponsors across the state.
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AUSTIN — Austin Water estimates that 100,000 gallons of wastewater overflowed into a tributary of Walnut Creek on Friday after a lift station malfunctioned. Officials said the overflow reached a remote area approximately three-quarters of a mile southeast of Ed Bluestein Boulevard and FM 969 in Austin. Crews were able to repair the malfunction and stop the overflow. Austin's water supply was not affected and remains safe, Austin Water said. Officials said initial assessments and subsequent monitoring verified that public health and safety and the environment were not affected either.
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A portion of the River Walk sidewalk between McCullough and Brooklyn Avenue will be closed through mid-September, according the San Antonio River Authority. The sidewalk will be blocked while construction crews work to relocate a storm drain to make room for a new parking garage being built nearby. Portions of the river trail area system will be blocked during construction, but river barge access will not be affected.
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Austin (Travis County) – The Texas Water Development Board provided almost $529 million in financing to five Houston area water districts that are co-funding the Northeast Water Purification Plant (NEWPP) expansion. Including the NEWPP project, the TWDB approved loans totaling almost $2 billion at the July 26 board meeting. The largest portion, more than $1.4 billion, went to Houston area projects.
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The Harris County Flood Control District’s community meeting for proposed projects for the Barker Reservoir watershed is slated for Wednesday, Aug. 1. Stay in the know with these news items to follow in Katy this week, July 30-Aug. 3:
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A pipeline company's plans to divert nearly two million gallons of water from Village Creek have been temporarily halted, according to a state official. The Houston-based company was asked by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to delay drawing 1.95 million gallons of water from the creek until after the Aug. 4 Village Creek Classic canoe and kayak race, Rep. James White, R-Hillister, announced on Saturday.
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The Brazos River Authority directed local communities to implement water conservation measures on Thursday.According to III Corps and Fort Hood, due to the low levels at Belton Lake, the Brazos River Authority is implementing stage one of its water shortage contingency plan.The contingency plan is required for soldiers, civilians and contractors who work or reside on Fort Hood:
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Fitch Ratings-Austin-25 July 2018: Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'AA+' rating to the following Trinity River Authority (TRA), Texas bonds: --Approximately $243.4 million regional wastewater system revenue improvement and refunding bonds, series 2018.
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With little to no rain forecast for the Central Texas area and temperatures reaching close to 100 degrees or higher, both evaporation and water supply needs are increasing substantially. In addition, inflows to the lakes — meaning the water that helps refill them — have been low this year. In June, inflows were about 3.8 percent of the historic monthly average, according to the Lower Colorado River Authority. As a result of all these factors, lake levels are falling.
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