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If you've lived in Houston for a while, you've likely seen flooding here. The Harris County Flood Control District is talking to residents about what they're doing.
The city of Princeton may owe residents more wastewater refunds after repealing a winter quarter averaging ordinance last year without public discussion.
The city is working to stop the rapid spread of hydrilla in Lake Austin. Experts are turning to a familiar fix — grass carp. It's something the city hasn’t had to use in the last decade.
About 5 a.m. on June 12, Edgardo Olaiz and a handful of other drivers steered their cars through the pre-dawn darkness onto an access road that runs along Loop 410 on the Northeast Side. They had little reason to expect they were driving into danger.
A tiny pellet is harming wildlife and entering our waterways. A new push from non-profit Environment Texas is aiming to change state water quality standards and reduce the amount of these pellets in the state.
It’s “a mixture between death and feces,” said Joy Casnovsky, an Elgin City Council Member since 2022. Casnovsky told KXAN the smells are becoming more frequent – travelling 10 miles north to her town, most often with prevailing southern winds in the warmer months.
Texas voters approved a generational investment into water infrastructure Tuesday night after approving an additional $20 billion for the Texas Water Fund over the next two decades. However, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), which manages the fund, said the money will not be available until fall 2029.
Design for Phase 1 of the Denton Creek Reuse project is underway after the Flower Mound Town Council unanimously approved an agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates at a Nov. 3 meeting.
On Tuesday, voters will decide if Texas will invest more than $20 billion in water infrastructure to address expected growing demands for water in the state.
After an 8-inch hole was found in the dam, ABC13 learned that the National Inventory of Dams lists the last inspection on the 125-year-old dam as almost 45 years ago, in 1980.
City Manager Zanoni sent a memo Friday outlining a no-cost plan to revive the Inner Harbor desalination project. Mayor Guajardo told 3NEWS called for the action.
One day after a leaking dam prompted an evacuation warning in Polk County, emergency officials have reported no major flooding in the area. Polk County emergency officials said the Carter Lake Dam was compromised shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday because of a hole in an "earthen embankment,"and they urged some local residents to immediately evacuate the area in case of a breach. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch shortly before 10:30 p.m. because of the dam's leak and potential failure, and it will stay in place until at least 6 p.m. Sunday.
The channel and floodgate structure near state Highway 146, help the district mitigate flooding along Clear Creek, benefiting League City and Kemah, by diverting stormwater into Galveston Bay, officials said.
The San Antonio Water System is expected to request a rate increase next year, its first since 2020. What is the SAWS position on a proposed wastewater treatment facility at the Guajolote Ranch development? How expensive and complicated will the relocation of a downtown chilled water plant be to accommodate Project Marvel?
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