After four years of legal battles over a water pipeline designed to run through Monty Bennett’s East Texas ranch, the Dallas City Council voted Wednesday to settle with the Dallas hotel magnate rather than continue with a condemnation lawsuit. The $2.3 billion Integrated Pipeline Project is being built by the Tarrant Regional Water District. The City of Dallas is a partner in the project that is designed to bring more water from East Texas lakes to both sides of the Metroplex.
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The Highland Village City Council on Tuesday approved the final read of an ordinance adjusting the city’s utility rate structure which includes a residential and commercial rate increase.
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Any Houstonian who's ever stalled out in a rush-hour gully washer, swatted mosquitoes on a humid summer afternoon or hauled soggy carpet to the curb after a neighborhood flash flood will be forgiven for thinking the supply of water is one thing they needn't worry about.
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TYLER, TX (KLTV) - An East Texas mayor is speaking out while a part of his city is in day four of a boil water notice. It’s another day of more water main flushing, but according to Tyler Mayor Martin Heines, the issue is fixed. He's talking about the lower levels of the disinfectant chloramine that fell below the state minimum of 0.5 milligrams per liter.
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MIRANDO CITY, Texas (KGNS) - County commissioners revisited plans for a new grant-funded water tank in Mirando City. According to Precinct One Commissioner Jesse Gonzalez, when talking with engineers about the water tank, they decided an elevated storage tank would be better than a standpipe - which was part of their original plans
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SEGUIN - Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) officials have awarded three $2,000 academic scholarships and three $1,000 academic scholarships to area students within GBRA's 10-county district. The scholarships, presented annually, are part of GBRA's Employee Volunteer Program.
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A handful of residents of the Liberty Community in northern Newton County gathered on Friday evening to hear their future water options from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The small community between Newton and Burkeville was completely without running water for nearly three weeks after a water well belonging to East Newton Water Supply collapsed.
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In the battle to keep invasive species like zebra mussels out of Texas waters, no news is good news. That’s how state scientists are describing the status
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"Montgomery County's needs are well represented in the Legislature and I was pleased to work together with the delegation to give the people a voice on how we manage our groundwater," said state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, who co-authored Senate Bill 2250 with Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, stated in a release. The entire county will have a seat at the table, and the two seats added by our Senate colleagues will reflect the needs of the county's largest groundwater users.
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At least 4,000 volunteers are expected to fan out along the banks of the Trinity River to collect garbage on Saturday for the 3rd Annual Spring Trash Bash, put on by the Tarrant Regional Water District.
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According to GRP Division Manager Mark Smith, sometime during the early morning hours Wednesday, one of the many meters at the plant malfunctioned. The SJRA finished construction of a pipeline in late 2015 as part of its $500 million Groundwater Reduction Plan that was put in place to ensure entities meet the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District's mandate to reduce groundwater consumption by 30 percent by Jan. 1, 2016.
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ENNIS – A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on water quality and management related to the Richland-Chambers Reservoir watershed will be from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. May 24. The workshop will be at the Cowboy Church of Ennis, 429 N. Freeway Service Road, Ennis. It will be presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board in coordination with the Tarrant Regional Water District.
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PORT O'CONNOR, Texas (AP) - Crews working six miles off the Texas coast have placed 700 concrete pyramids on the Gulf floor to form two separate artificial reefs that officials say will enhance the marine habitat and lure anglers and divers.
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Last year’s Memorial Day storm was unprecedented. On May 27, the rain fell harder and faster in Central Texas than at almost any time in the state’s recorded history. In Bastrop County, in the course of a few hours, some areas received a total of 10 inches of rain, which flooded nearly 200 homes, more than a quarter of those within the Bastrop city limits.
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MCALLEN – Toxic chemicals remain underneath Hidalgo County homes and businesses 20 years after its discovery. A 2008 CHANNEL 5 NEWS investigation found a toxic lake floating on top of 19 acres of groundwater under 23rd Street in McAllen. The state promised a cleanup, but their efforts still continue up to this day.
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WICHITA FALLS, TX - When we use the restroom, we rarely think about what happens next -- after we flush. But there is a whole group of workers in the City of Wichita Falls that do -- the utilities department. They have to keep an eye on where the waste goes next, the sewer system -- by using a robotic device with a camera.
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May 23, 2017 - Due to line break, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has required our water System, Paxton Water, to notify customers of the need to boil their water prior to consumption. This is for the customers that were out of water on May 23, 2017 in the Paxton area, and surrounding county roads.
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Tiered system leaves Mid-County residents questioning water bills Payne is one of several people in the Jefferson County area serviced by Water Control and Improvement District 10 who have found their bill patterns unconventional. Depending on the size of the customer's meter, the district charges a flat monthly rate that starts at $11.52 then increases every 1,000 gallons.
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As a result of low disinfection (chloramine) residuals in a portion of the city of Tyler’s water system which led to a still ongoing boil water notice in a portion of the city, the city has begun the conversion of chloramines back to free chlorine as a measure of improving and maintaining water quality standards in its water distribution system.
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department estimated Friday that 350 fish were killed when a company spilled fertilizer in the Victoria Barge Canal last month. Gavilon Fertilizer spilled 34,000 gallons of urea ammonium nitrate liquid fertilizer April 23 after an underground pipeline to a loading dock ruptured.
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According to information from SJRA, the water was judged on clarity, color, taste and odor. SJRA's surface-water treatment plant at Lake Conroe uses a very robust treatment process, which includes granulated activated carbon, micro filtration, air stripping and disinfection.
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As North Texas grows, so must its water and wastewater infrastructure. The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) is joining hundreds of organizations across the country in supporting Infrastructure Week 2017, an opportunity for NTMWD to highlight the need for infrastructure investment in our service area.
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The City of Moulton soon will be able to improve its city park thanks to an $11,754 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority. The grant, along with $2,938 in local matching funds, will allow the city to make improvements to Moulton Community Park, including adding seating, adult bench swings, pet waste stations and cigarette disposal urns.
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The Rio Grande shiner is more bait than trophy. It’s a silver minnow that grows to about three inches long, and only lives in the Rio Grande. It has no real economic value, nor is it a prized addition to an aquarium. But finding this fish has been Kevin Conway’s goal since 2014. He’s an associate professor and curator of fishes at Texas A&M University, and part of a team of researchers from Texas A&M and Texas Parks and Wildlife.
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Onion Creek homeowners are evaluating their options when it comes to fighting future floods. Potential solutions come with a price tag between $36 and $100 million and would be funded, at least in part, by taxpayers throughout the city with their drainage
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