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June 7, 2017 9:30 AM
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The city of Cisco is "embracing technology" by replacing their waters meters with new smart meters, says city manager Darwin Archer. . The latest news from Abilene and the Big Country.
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June 7, 2017 9:29 AM
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) confirmed the results of their testing of the water in the Concho River along Mullins Crossing Road in Miles.
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June 6, 2017 9:20 AM
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The Highland Lakes Firm Water Customer Cooperative was formed in 2012 in response to Emergency orders by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Earl Foster, general manager of Lakeway Municipal Utility District, spearheaded the formation of the Co-op and has served as chairman since inception. The Co-op is comprised of Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Burnet, Marble Falls, Leander, Lago Vista, Water District #17, West Travis County PUA, Hurst Creek MUD and Lakeway MUD. During the drought, LCRA was working on the Water Management Plan for Lakes Buchanan and Travis.
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June 5, 2017 9:31 AM
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The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of Port Arthur reopened a section of the Neches River Thursday near the Sunoco Partners facility in Nederland. The waterway was closed Wednesday night from light 28 to Sun Anchorage. Vessels transiting the area are limited to minimum wake and no passing in the affected area. Vessel Traffic Service Port Arthur reported five vessels were waiting to go outbound and three waiting to come inbound at 2:20 p.m. Thursday.
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June 5, 2017 9:29 AM
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In the eleventh hour, both chambers of the Texas Legislature approved a bill that will increase the penalties for harvesting undersized oysters. Under House Bill 51, possessing a cargo of oysters that is equal to or more than 30 percent undersized a third time will be a Class B misdemeanor. The captain, his crew and the boat will also have their licenses suspended for 30 days, said Lance Robinson, deputy director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Coastal Fisheries Division.
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June 2, 2017 9:33 AM
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AUSTIN – (May 31, 2017) – The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) today approved $593,789 in grants through the TWDB’s Agricultural Water Conservation Grants Program. The program offers grant funding to state agencies and political subdivisions for activities that promote water conservation in our state.
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June 1, 2017 9:32 AM
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The City of North Richland Hills is enacting Stage 3 emergency water conservation following a break to a 54-inch Fort Worth water main that supplies treated water to North Richland Hills. Until further notice, all NRH water customers should use water for emergency purposes only.
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May 31, 2017 9:23 AM
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Back in 1993, the San Antonio Water System (SAWS), a local utility, realized that the area would need more water sources. The state mandated withdrawal reductions from the Edwards Aquifer, one of the three aquifers San Antonio depends on for its water supply. SAWS began water conservation programs and added recycled water.
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May 30, 2017 9:41 AM
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Two years have passed since Wichita Falls emerged from the most devastating drought in city's history. Reservoirs sat dangerously close to 20 percent capacity, a number that loomed as Armageddon’s marker, and weary Wichitans contemplated abandoning North Texas altogether.
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May 30, 2017 9:38 AM
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Officials with the San Jacinto River Authority are touting the recent designation by the American Water Works Association of having the best tasting drinking water in the state. According to information from SJRA, the water was judged on clarity, color, taste and odor. SJRA's surface water treatment plant at Lake Conroe utilizes a very robust treatment process, which includes granulated activated carbon, micro filtration, air stripping, and disinfection.
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May 30, 2017 9:32 AM
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Under the original bill passed by the House, the Sienna Plantation Levee Improvement District in Fort Bend County would have been allowed to sell parks and recreation bonds without approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. After the governor's office expressed concern about both sections of the bill, state Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City, said he and state Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, worked with Abbott's aides to restore TCEQ approval and require the district to get voter approval to raise the cap from 1 percent to 2 percent.
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May 30, 2017 9:30 AM
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff are studying a former chemical plant to prepare to address pollution that threatens the Edwards Aquifer. EPA personnel began their initial assessment of the Eldorado Chemical Co. plant at 14350 Lookout Road the last week of April and have been speaking to nearby residents at community meetings, according to a recent EPA factsheet.
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May 26, 2017 9:22 AM
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The San Jacinto River Authority is raising rates 5 percent for fiscal year 2018 to help cover lost revenue officials say is a result of the cities of Conroe and Magnolia's refusal to pay last year's rate increase and continued legal fees associated with the case.
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June 7, 2017 9:30 AM
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Representatives of the Texas Water Resources Institute and the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) addressed a group of “stakeholders” on the mid- and lower Cibolo Creek May 30, presenting their research as well as an invitation to join a partnership that hopes to address water quality issues.
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June 6, 2017 9:29 AM
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The U. S. Geological Survey is poised to bring a dynamic array of science and tools to help decision-makers manage and offset effects of increased drought across the United States, according to a drought plan report released today.
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June 5, 2017 9:32 AM
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The Lower Colorado River Authority is asking a federal judge to force a wind farm near Corpus Christi to arbitrate with the LCRA over a contract dispute. The LCRA has been looking to end its contract with Papalote Creek Wind Farm since 2015 over falling wind energy prices. The contract requires the LCRA to buy energy from the wind farm at $64.75 per megawatt-hour, and wind power sells for less than half that price today.
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June 5, 2017 9:30 AM
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HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has embarked on an environmental study to monitor the effects of oil and gas drilling on the springs that feed a famous pool at Balmorhea State Park in West Texas.
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June 5, 2017 9:28 AM
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A water line break that sent more than 100,000 gallons of wastewater and storm water combined into a creek near West Northwest Loop 323 this weekend poses no threat to the public, city officials said. The break happened near the intersection of West Northwest Loop 323 and Texas College Road between Friday evening and Saturday. More than 100,000 gallons of wastewater, combined with rain runoff, went into Black Fork Creek.
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June 1, 2017 9:33 AM
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The 2017 federal budget passed by Congress includes a $10 million reimbursement for the local governmental agencies that funded the San Antonio River’s Mission Reach restoration project. In 2010, the county funded $61.3 million of the corps’ share of the joint Mission Reach project, which restored the river’s wildlife habitat and added pedestrian and bike trails and boat chutes on the South Side.
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May 31, 2017 9:24 AM
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Western Travis County Public Utility Agency officials are even more optimistic that water rates will not rise in the 2018 budget year, General Manager Robert Pugh said during a special meeting May 11. Discussion at the meeting centered around the budget for the agency’s Capital Improvement Projects fund, which will get a workout within the next couple years funding a plant expansion and a new water line.
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May 30, 2017 9:41 AM
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Earlier this month, the industry celebrated Drinking Water Week, a time when many utilities do some public outreach and educate their customers on what it takes to bring clean water to the tap. Here’s what a few utilities around the country did to mark the occasion.
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May 30, 2017 9:39 AM
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On Thursday, the San Jacinto River Authority approved a 14-cent increase in its water fees for residents who receive water under the SJRA Groundwater Reduction Plan, including residents of Conroe, The Woodlands and Magnolia. Starting Sept. 1, residents will pay an SJRA fee of $2.83 per 1,000 gallons of surface water from Lake Conroe and $2.64 per 1,000 gallons of groundwater, according to the SJRA. The fee is in addition to regular utility rates charged by their corresponding municipality or utility district.
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May 30, 2017 9:37 AM
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has allocated funding towards several waterway projects across the country in its Fiscal Year 2017 Work Plan released Wednesday. The USACE work plan allocates $17.5 million towards the South Carolina Ports Authority’s (SCPA) Charleston Harbor Deepening Project.
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May 30, 2017 9:31 AM
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department rangers sought to raise awareness about zebra mussels Saturday morning at Temple Lake Park.TPWD lists Lake Belton as one of nine Texas lakes that are fully infested with the tiny striped creatures. Originally from Russia, the invasive mussels harm the environment, recreation and the economy. According to the agency, zebra mussels have caused declines in populations of fish, birds and native mussel species. And they can disrupt a city’s water supply system by colonizing the pipelines.
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May 26, 2017 11:00 AM
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Waco City Council approved to clear the debris clogging up the Lake Brazos Dam this week. The $750,000 project will clear up the 19,000 cubic yards of debris that accumulated underwater since the dam was completed in 2007.
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