Monday we told you about Spicewood Beach, a community in Burnet County that was going to run out of water within weeks. Today, despite several inches of rain in the forecast, an alert was sent out saying that moment may be just days away. There are 500 water meters in the Spicewood Beach Regional Water System. […]
Some big changes could be in play for water in Central Texas. The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), which manages water and some energy projects in the region, released a draft of its water plan today for the decades to come. As Texas continues to reel from a record drought while adding more people, some changes […]
It sounds strange to say it, but Spicewood Beach is running out of water. The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) released an advisory today to communities in the Spicewood Beach Regional Water System in Burnet County asking customers “to immediately cut back on all nonessential water use.” Despite being adjacent to the Lower Colorado River, the wells […]
Texas towns running out of water? It’s been a recurring story lately as the drought continues to take its toll on rivers, lakes and reservoirs. First, there was Groesbeck. Like many small towns in Texas, Groesbeck has been struggling with how to supply its residents with water in the midst of record-breaking heat and drought. In November, […]
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is extending the period for public comment on its investigation of water contamination linked to fracking in Wyoming. The report was released in draft form in December and drew attention across the country, especially in Texas. It was the first time the EPA had linked fracking […]
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), the state entity that handles water for Central Texas, has announced their New Year’s resolution for 2012. And instead of losing weight, they want to gain some: A whopping 272 billion pounds (of water). In a news release today, the LCRA says that it’s set a major goal of increasing its […]
Some drought news from across the state today (95 percent of which is still in drought): Houston (specifically, all of Harris County) has been lifted out of the most severe stage of drought, “exceptional” for the first time since March. An “exceptional” level of drought means “widespread crop/pasture losses; shortages of water in reservoirs, streams, […]
Just hours after the Sabine River Authority of Louisiana called off a plan to sell massive amounts of water to Texas, its chairman resigned. Robert Conyer had been on the board for four and half years, and told the Town Talk that he was “frustrated” at the board’s inability to get things done. “Working through politics […]
That was fast. A plan to suck massive amounts of water from a Louisiana lake and sell it to Texas is off, the Shreveport Times reports. The Sabine River Authority of Louisiana, which regulates the Louisiana side of the lake, held a meeting late last week and “voted to suspend out of state water sales […]
The drought in the South has taken an enormous toll on the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexico. In Texas alone, the state has lost billions of dollars and counting. The drought has affected many parts of everyday life: burgers, peanut butter, even Christmas trees were hurt. Well, those rains this week across much of […]
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