Drones Show Promise for Cloud Seeding
The Desert Research Institute in Nevada is working on new technology that uses drones for cloud seeding. Full Story
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![Micheal Cincienne of Absolute Aerospace and Texas A&M Corpus Christi, engineering student Adam Ersepke, and lab coordinator Jack Edward Esparza carry the University’s RS-16 unmanned aerial vehicle, otherwise known as a drone, back to the command center after a test flight over the Kennedy Ranch near Sarita, Texas on January 18, 2013.]()
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Partnership to Bring New Water Technology to Texas
Accelerate H20 is partnering with clean technology consultants Isle Inc. to discover and present new water technologies around the state. Full Story
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Trinity Aquifer Pumping May Impact Recreation Hot Spots
Drought and pumping of aquifers in Central Texas affect not only drinking water but also recreation. Full Story
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Event: Gulf Coast Water Conservation Symposium
This year's Gulf Coast Water Conservation Symposium, called "Reduce & Reuse: Making Water Conservation Work for the Gulf Coast Region," will be held in Houston on March 4. Full Story
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Study Finds Harmful Chemicals in Oil and Gas Wastewater
According to a new study, wastewater from oil and gas production contains levels of harmful chemicals in concentrations high enough to threaten aquatic life and form cancer-causing compounds when mixed with tap water. Full Story
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![Local pumper Bobby Thomason works on cleaning up an old well that was recently worked over to start producing again on a lease in Caldwell County near Luling, January 22, 2012.]()
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Cities Weigh Growth vs. Water Shortages
According to a new report by the Alliance for Water Efficiency, cities facing water shortages are adopting different strategies to deal with growth, with some communities creating a waiting list for prospective residents who wish to build homes. Full Story
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Project Will Study Drought Effects on Landscape Plants
A new project is studying the minimum amount of water that landscape plants actually need to endure a drought. Full Story
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Hays County Plan to Pump Trinity Aquifer Prompts Opposition
Public opposition is growing to a deal by Houston-based firm Electro Purification to pump as much as 5.3 million gallons of water a day from the Trinity Aquifer. Full Story
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Meadows Center Launches Spring Lake Photo Contest
The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University is inviting submissions for the Explore Spring Lake Wildlife Photography Contest Wildlife, from Feb. 20 to March 10. Full Story
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![Jaime Gonzalez, community education director of the Katy Prairie Conservancy, cut some blossoms off roughcone flowers Aug. 6 at a prairie in Deer Creek.]()
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Study: Climate Change Increases Demand for Irrigation
A new study by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation outlines the projected impact of increased reservoir evaporation due to climate change on irrigation demand on eight major river basins, including the Rio Grande, in the western part of the country. Full Story
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