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Volume: 2 Issue: 7

July 2019

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Crabby Creek/Bucanneer Cove  © John Reuthinger 2017

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The Q&A: Roberto F. Salmón Castelo

In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Roberto F. Salmón Castelo, Mexican Commissioner for the International Boundary and Water Commission. Full story from Texas+Water →

outlook + water

Here's a look at current and future conditions for drought and rainfall in Texas and beyond via The Meadow Center’s Dr. Robert Mace:
The drought in South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande is expected to persist and expand.

Storage in Elephant Butte Reservoir is the highest it’s been since June 2010. 
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talk + water

Talk+Water: Clint Wolfe & Daniel Cunningham, Water University

Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, talks with Clint Wolfe and Daniel Cunningham about saving water by landscaping with  native plants, rainwatering harvesting, and other topics. Full story from Texas+Water →
Clint Wolfe
Daniel Cunningham

news + water

The opinions in Texas+Water are those of the authors and shall not be construed to represent the opinions and policies of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, the Texas Water Journal or the Texas Water Resources Institute.

Can the “Masters of the Flood” Help Texas Protect its Coast from Hurricanes?

After centuries of fighting back water in a low-lying nation, the Dutch have become the world leaders in flood control. And their expertise is helping Texas design what would become the nation’s most ambitious — and expensive — coastal barrier. Full story from the Texas Tribune →

Hays County Files Second Lawsuit Against Kinder Morgan and its Proposed Pipeline

Hays County will head back to court to try to prevent pipeline construction through the area after filing a notice of intent that they would be suing Kinder Morgan a second time. The notice was filed on July 17, putting Kinder Morgan, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on notice. Full story from KXAN →

Houston Files Lawsuit to Maintain Water Rights Over Future Reservoir

In an effort to hold on to water rights from a proposed reservoir in Austin County, the City of Houston took legal action July 22. House Bill 2846, which was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott on June 2, requires Houston to sell all rights to the proposed reservoir back to the Brazos River Authority for no more than $23 million. Full story from Community Impact →

Scientists Have Big Hopes for Uvalde Pool Study

Ron Green, a scientist at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, and his team of hydro-geologists are busy collecting data on and creating a lumped parameter model for the Uvalde Pool, a major reservoir of underground water centered over central Uvalde County and part of the Edwards Aquifer. Full story from Uvalde Leader-News →

publications + water

Economically Recoverable Water in Texas: An Underappreciated Water Management Strategy?

Conversations about the value or “true cost of water” and the nationwide infrastructure maintenance gap encourage a reconsideration of the value of utility water losses. Water loss audit data for 2014 for two planning regions that are home to almost a third of Texas’ population and include three of the five largest cities are examined to explore the value of economically recoverable water losses from a perspective that better reflects the regional scenarios under which the state water plan is developed. Full report from the Texas Water Journal →

txH2O Magazine: Summer 2019 

The Texas Water Resources Institute has published its Summer 2019 issue of its magazine, txH2O, highlighting the challenges of water utilities, a profile of Texas Water Development Board member Kathleen Jackson and more! Read more from the Texas Water Resources Institute →

Barton Creek 

Barton Creek is the newest addition to The Meadows Center's River Book series, published by Texas A&M University Press. Following the creek from downtown Austin’s Barton Springs Pool to its source as a cow-pasture trickle, longtime resident and journalist Ed Crowell explores the creek’s contentious political history, its historic and current residents, and the mounting environmental pressures threatening it.. Read more from Texas A&M University Press 

Water Resources IMPACT: July 2019 Issue

The American Water Resources Association has released the Water Resources IMPACT Magazine's July 2019 issue. Guest Editor, Todd H. Votteler, focuses on Texas and how the state is managing its surface water and groundwater resources, and its plans to slake the thirst of its future population.  Read more from the American Water Resources Association  

people + water

With Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA) General Manager Dean Robbins planning his retirement from TWCA effective December 31, the board of directors has named current Assistant General Manager Stacey Allison Steinbach as the incoming general manager upon Dean’s retirement.
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Wally Kraft and appointed Robert “Reeves” Hayter to the Sulphur River Basin Authority Board of Directors for terms set to expire on February 1, 2025.
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Paul Morris to the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board of Directors for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025.
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Weldon Riggs to the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District for a term set to expire on February 1, 2021. 

JOB OPENINGS

  • Outreach Manager, National Wildlife Federation - Austin. Details.
  • Fish & Wildlife Technician I-II, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department - Brownsville. Details.
  • Environmental Investigator II, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Houston. Details.

events + water

Informal Stakeholder Meeting: Implementation of Legislation from the Texas Legislature   

August 1, 2019
Austin, TX
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Texas Stream Team 2019 Annual Partner Meeting  
 

August 7, 2019
San Marcos, TX
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8th Annual Texas Groundwater Summit  

August 20-22, 2019
San Antonio, TX
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Texas Watershed Coordinators Roundtable  

 

August 6, 2019
Dallas, TX
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Future Cities; Livable Futures: Conference on Urban-Watershed Systems   

August 16, 2019
Arlington, TX
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Beer for Water 2019  
 

September 15, 2019
Austin, TX
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