Posted by admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Environmental officials in Texas and other western states are moving ahead on plans to allow oil and gas companies to treat drilling wastewater and discharge it into rivers and streams, even as the Trump administration balks at endorsing the practice amid widespread...
Posted by admin | Jun 29, 2020 | News, Water Planning, Water Resources
In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Dr. Robert Mace, Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer for The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. In addition to his position at the...
Posted by admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Public Lands, Scenic Beauty, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
I’m a spring-fed freshwater swimming nut. Rivers and creeks are my thing, as long as they’re unspoiled, untamed, and unchlorinated—the clearer, the better. The sweetest water I’ve ever seen was on a ranch near the headwaters of the West Fork of the Nueces, out in the...
Posted by admin | Jun 25, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Texas water conservation practices have not improved in the last four years. June 23rd, 2020 – Austin, TX – The Texas Living Waters Project released the 2020 Texas Water Conservation Scorecard, an in-depth analysis and ranking of the water conservation...
Posted by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | News, Public Lands, Scenic Beauty
After witnessing the power and pride experienced as a result of Black Birders Week, Social Media Influencers and members of the black hiking community Zenovia Stephens (Huntsville, AL), Debbie Njai (St. Louis, MO), and Nailah Blades Wylie (Sandy, UT) joined together...