Posted by admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Community Resilience News and Resources, Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
In the first nationwide research of its kind, our findings reveal the painful impact of America’s expanding water poverty crisis as aging infrastructure, environmental clean-ups, changing demographics and the climate emergency fuel exponential price hikes in almost...
Posted by admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, News, Water Quality, Water Resources
The Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA), acting on behalf of Blanco County landowners whose water was impacted in a spill of drilling fluid, has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Permian Highway Pipeline and Kinder Morgan. The case...
Posted by admin | Jun 22, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Water Quality, Water Resources
Late Friday evening, the Sierra Club filed a motion for preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Permian Highway Pipeline. In late April, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit arguing that the Army Corps failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act...
Posted by admin | Jun 22, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
“Because we are using less of the Edwards’ water, that maybe takes some stress off the Edwards. Maybe it drops less quickly,” Gus says. “And maybe we’re a little less likely to hit the trigger. It does help us out in that regard.” That’s...
Posted by admin | Jun 22, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The San Antonio Water System is flushing some of the most expensive water in Texas down a Northside creek as it struggles to finish a connection pipeline that has run nearly $80 million over early cost estimates. Originally set to be finished in mid-April,...
Posted by admin | Jun 22, 2020 | Community Resilience News and Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development
Pipeline giant Kinder Morgan is cutting a 400-mile line across the middle of Texas, digging up vast swaths of private land for its planned Permian Highway Pipeline. The project is ceaseless, continuing through the coronavirus pandemic. Landowner Heath Frantzen said...
