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Work to maintain the basin at the Weslaco North Wastewater Treatment Plant is creating a stench that’s spreading to various parts of the city. Weslaco residents are saying the smell is more noticeable this week. City Mayor Adrian Gonzalez said the city has received more calls about the smell from the plant. 
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The City of Gardendale is under a boil water notice as of Sunday afternoon. The boil water notice was issued around 4:20 PM on Sunday, November 10 by the Greater Gardendale Water Supply Corporation after an 18-inch line break occurred near the city’s pump stations.
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Conroe will charge multifamily complexes more in water and sewer rates starting Dec. 1, after Conroe City Council approved changes to its rates on Sept. 26.
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"Samples tested overnight show public water supply is safe for human consumption with no concerns for contamination," the city said in a news release Friday.
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The U.S. and Mexico agreed to amend a 1944 water treaty, which might bring some relief to South Texas farmers struggling with scarce water. The International Water and Boundary Commission, a federal agency that oversees international water treaties between the U.S. and Mexico, announced Saturday that the two countries had signed a highly-anticipated agreement that will give Mexico more options to meet its water deliveries to the U.S. Mexico still needs to give the U.S. more than a million acre-feet of water.
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Harlingen residents are speaking out over overflowing toilets and bathtubs filled with sewer water in their homes whenever there’s heavy rain. The Harlingen Water Works System told Channel 5 News some areas of the city experience this problem because the city's sewer system is almost at capacity. The city waterworks department is working to try to fix the issue. They have a five-year, $280 million plan to try and increase the capacity of their sewer system so neighborhoods won't be experiencing those sewer backups anymore.
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Last month, geologists at the University of Houston said they found extensive erosion on the Texas Gulf coast in Sargent and other areas that Hurricane Beryl caused. Researchers said Sargent Beach experienced the most significant impact and is now unrecognizable from what it looked like in May.
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The City of Richardson has issued a Boil Water Notice to residents in the southwest region of the city following an equipment malfunction.
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Voters in Harris County approved Proposition A, which will grant $100 million in a year-in, year out investment toward maintenance of channels.
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The Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater System in Round Rock is currently under design for expansion, and the public works department is requesting additional design work.
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The city of Killeen held a special City Council workshop meeting Tuesday where city elected officials and personnel had the opportunity to take a tour of the 38th Street Wastewater Plant. This wastewater treatment plant, 201 S. 38th Street in Killeen, is slated to have a total of eight major plant improvements that will help improve water quality, reliability and enhance safety in the area, officials said.
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Some of us were lucky enough to get rain over the past few days and our lawns most definitely needed it. But those showers and storms were just a drop in the bucket for this area of Texas that's been plagued by drought for a long time.
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Boerne has removed hundreds of tires that were dumped into its city lake in the 1980s, cleaning up outdated methods of creating fishing habitats. Low water levels due to the ongoing drought allowed Boerne's parks and recreation department to fish out about 200 tires over the summer, the city said.
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The City of Wichita Falls said the combined level of Lakes Arrowhead and Lake Kickapoo rose 5.8% for a total of 70.8%. Although the lake levels are above 65%, Wichita Falls water customers will remain in Stage 1 Drought Watch restrictions Only after a City Council resolution is approved can the State 1 Drought Restrictions be released.
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The Abilene City Council made the decision to temporarily ban fluoride in the city’s water. Abilene’s history with fluoride in water has gone back and forth. The first ban took place in 1964; however, the ban was removed in 2000. The city council unanimously voted in favor of the fluoride ban, as many expressed their concerns about the issue.
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has authorized the purchase of four properties in the Texas Hill Country to help add to the state parks system.
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People in the Wise County city of Alvord are being asked to boil their water before using or drinking. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the boil water notice to make sure all harmful bacteria is destroyed.
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According to Nueces River Authority data, we currently sit at a little more than 21% for our combined lake levels. If we drop below 20%, water restrictions increase.
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Water fountains will not be in use, and students will receive cold meals as Richardson's boil water notice remains in effect.
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A $2.1 million low interest state loan will replace a key element at Gordon's aging water treatment plant, an engineer said Monday. "The bulk of the project will be to replace a clarifier at the treatment plant," Derek Turner with engineering firm Jacob and Martin said, describing the clarifier as a settling basin for arriving lake water. The plant itself, he said, is 80 to 100 years old and serves about 1,600 residents.
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Last week, KSAT went to the Arrowhead subdivision, where the water was brown or highly chlorinated. In October, it even tested positive for E. coli. After that story aired, messages flowed in from people in the Shady Oaks community.
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The owners of adjacent ranching properties near Boonsville sat down with representatives from Renda Environmental, the Trinity River Authority (TRA) and Wise County in an attempt to clear the air on biosolids. Biosolids are repurposed sewage that’s treated and used as fertilizer and soil amendments, with water/wastewater treatment providers like the TRA contracting with companies like Renda Environmental to sell, distribute and apply the recycled waste product.
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The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved more than $2.2 million for the Victoria County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2. This funding will support the replacement of outdated cast-iron water lines with new PVC piping. Additionally, the district will build a new 30,000-gallon ground storage tank and implement an asset management plan.
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This month, City Council will vote on proposed updates to Austin’s Water Forward Plan and to the related Water Conservation and Drought Contingency plans. During a briefing on Oct. 22, Austin Water Director Shay Ralls Roalson presented an overview of the changes to the plans, which Council will consider on Nov. 21.
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For the second time, the Harlingen WaterWorks System’s turning to the state to help fund the city’s biggest project — a $258 million, five-year plan aimed at overhauling its old sewer system. Now, officials are requesting the Texas Water Development Board grant an $11 million low interest loan likely calling for a 30% WaterWorks match.
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