Posted by Ryan Ament | Sep 27, 2021 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
More than half of all Texans lost water during last February’s deadly winter storm. It was a warning of trouble to come. Our state’s water infrastructure is the backbone of our economy, and it is aging and fragile. Just one week before the storm knocked out water and...
Posted by Ryan Ament | Sep 23, 2021 | Drought, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
With the state’s population soaring, water resources limited and the climate getting warmer, water reuse is a growing but still underutilized solution to ensure that Texas has clean, abundant water supplies long into the future. The state’s latest water plan projects...
Posted by Ryan Ament | Sep 22, 2021 | News, Transportation Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
By the time you read these words, a federal judge will have ruled on whether the Texas Department of Transportation can make the historic community of Oak Hill into roadkill. Since it seems like forever ago, the “Y” intersection of U.S. 290 and Texas 71 in...
Posted by Ryan Ament | Sep 20, 2021 | Community, Habitat Conservation Plans, Hill Country Tourism, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
In 2018, Ronnie Urbanczyk signed a contract to purchase water from Texas Water Supply Co., a Boerne company with access to at least 40 water wells that tap into the drought-sensitive Trinity Aquifer just south of the Bexar County line. Three years later, Urbanczyk...
Posted by Ryan Ament | Sep 15, 2021 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Groundwater Resources, News, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Although Texas has a solid foundation for managing groundwater, this foundation is cracking under the combined pressures of increasing demand and decreasing supply. These pressures are pitting rural areas against urban areas and landowners against each other, with...
Posted by Ryan Ament | Sep 15, 2021 | Economics of Sound Planning, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
That continued explosive development northwest of San Antonio comes at a cost. And Boerne, a quaint town grappling with its own growing pains, could pay a steep price. “Candidly, most of the growth that’s going on is outside of the city limits of Boerne. There are no...
