Posted by admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Water Planning
by Jensie Madden, Comal County, TX, with the Comal County Conservation Alliance Letter to the Editor of New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Published June 11, 2019 As the 86th session of the Texas Legislature draws to a close, I am celebrating the passage of legislation to...
Posted by admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Riparian Management, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
Remember the Joni Mitchell song “They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot”? Well, imagine you are on the Governing Board of the New Braunfels Utility and the staff proposes a plan to parcel off sections of a valuable 16 acres tract of land – once the fleet,...
Posted by admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
DALLAS (AP) — About 1,000 people arrive in Texas each day, drawn by jobs, newly built homes and other opportunities. But in a state where prolonged drought is a regular occurrence, officials are struggling to ensure they can sate everyone’s thirst. Water experts are...
Posted by admin | Jun 3, 2019 | News, Water Planning, Water Resources
Last spring, the North Texas Municipal Water District broke ground on the first major manmade lake Texas has seen in nearly three decades – Bois d’Arc Lake. Recently, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court welcomed an update from NTMWD on the project. Bois d’Arc Lake...
Posted by admin | May 29, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning
A get-together introducing the resources of the Hill Country Alliance to concerned area citizens was led by the HCA’s executive director Katherine Romans who discussed Hill Country conservation issues included multiple presentations along with audience participation...
Posted by admin | May 29, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Special Districts, Water Planning, Water Resources
On May 22, HB 1806 was voted through by the Texas Senate, clearing the way for the San Antonio Water System to sell 1,500 acre feet of water across county lines from Bexar into Kendall. Despite vigorous and organized opposition by local leaders – including Cow...
