The 14th Annual North Central Texas American Water Works Association Seminar takes place in Forth Worth on Oct. 23 with presentations on San Antonio's brackish water program, water conservation and regulatory and legislative updates. Full Story
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Researchers have invented a material called Sponge that can be used in swimsuits to allow swimmers to clean the waters they swim in. Full Story
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Plans to pump water from a previously unregulated part of the Trinity Aquifer continue to stir controversy in Hays County, even after legislation brought the aquifer under the control of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District. Full Story
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A Texas judge has ruled the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District had the "broad" authority to deny issuing a permit to a company to export and sell water to customers in Midland and Odessa. Full Story
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Progress on the San Antonio water transfer project, known as the Vista Ridge pipeline, has hit a snag as critics continue to raise concerns about its environmental impact and the lack of transparency about the cost of the $3.4 billion project. Full Story
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A new book by researchers at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas Riparian Areas, looks at and summarizes characteristics of Texas’ riparian areas — “transitional zones” that link bodies of water. Full Story
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A new rainwater harvesting system will help provide safe drinking water to six villages in Rajasthan, India, where more than half of the city's drinking water does not meet the World Health Organization's standards. Full Story
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Raise the River, a project to restore the Colorado River Delta, has issued its latest video report on the activities by the partnership of six U.S. and Mexican nongovernmental organizations. Full Story
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According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 52 percent of the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, is now in some stage of drought. Full Story
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California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the state's new safeguard for its aquifers, is proving difficult to translate into practice with a new regulatory infrastructure. Full Story
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