Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Texas’ strategy of planning for a repeat of the 1950s drought is no longer enough. While historic evidence identifies droughts that were longer and more severe than the Drought of Record, contemporary data points to a likely future of increasing drought severity....
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Community, Economics of Sound Planning, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
Laurel Porter knows her corner of Northwest Bexar County so well she could draw a map of it with her eyes closed. Just south of Boerne, sloping valleys and chalky canyons line twisting roads that pass by the cities of Grey Forest, Helotes and Fair Oaks Ranch. Since...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Economics of Sound Planning, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Uncategorized, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
Texas A&M University at Galveston Professor Sam Brody testified in a recent U.S. Senate hearing on reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), urging the committee to not only reauthorize the program, but expand it using existing sources,...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Drought, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
As I sipped coffee and poked through the news early Monday morning, I saw the warning from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT): prepare for rolling blackouts. It wasn’t unexpected. Temperatures have been breaking records left and right across Texas, with...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Drought, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Leaders around Central Texas say we need to take water conservation more seriously before it’s too late. Now Travis County commissioners are taking a closer look at the area’s water supplies. The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is responsible for...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 25, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Resources
The air was thick as the sun was setting. The temperature had dropped just a little by Monday evening, but it didn’t do much to help with the sweltering heat. It didn’t faze the more than 70 homeowners, who live along or near County Road 284 in Williamson County, and...
