By: San Marcos Corridor News | August 14, 2019

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) canceled its Energy Emergency Alert (EEA1) at 5 p.m. yesterday and returned to normal grid operations by 5:30 p.m. ERCOT manages scheduling on an electric grid carrying 90 percent of Texas’ load. ERCOT is reminding all Texans that during this time of extreme heat, Texans need to conserve their electric use as it is putting major demands on the states electric supply.

By: Community Impact | August 11, 2019

The Edwards Aquifer Authority is responding to reports of a growing parasite problem with a plan to survey the situation in the Comal River. Community Impact Newspaper in July published a report about how a parasite named Haplorchis pumilio is threatening fish, such as the endangered fountain darter, in the San Marcos and Comal rivers.

By: Texas State University Newsroom | August 8, 2019

The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, in collaboration with the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, has released a report evaluating a potential groundwater management zone to preserve flows to Jacob’s Well in the Wimberley Valley region.

By: KXAN | August 8, 2019

Austin city leaders are expected to approve a resolution declaring a “climate emergency” during Thursday’s city council meeting.

By: The Washington Post | August 6, 2019

The United States has enough water to satisfy the demand, but newly released data from the World Resources Institute shows some areas are out of balance.

By: Venture Beat | July 29, 2019

The latest round of winners was announced this afternoon, with the grand prize securing a $50,000 academic scholarship and travel-based prizes furnished by Lego Education, Virgin Galactic, National Geographic, and Scientific American.

By: Fox 7 Austin | July 30, 2019

The City of San Marcos is set to receive a grant from the United States Forest Service to help fund the purchasing of the Sink Creek Community Forest Tract. The $423,500 grant is the first awarded to a Texas project by the Forest Service’s Community Forest and Open Space Program.

By: CBS Austin | July 29, 2019

The Wimberley School District is making history at a groundbreaking ceremony Monday evening. A new primary school at Ranch Road 12 and Winters Mill Parkway will be the first of its kind in the state. The state-of-the-art, green campus is trying to balance rapid growth in the area with conservation efforts.

By: Texas + Water | July 25, 2019

With record rainfall since the beginning of the year, the continental United States has thus far experienced a cooler-than-recent-normal year, clocking in as the 67th warmest. Worldwide, however, the first six months of 2019 were the third warmest on record anchored most recently by the warmest June on record.

By: Wimberley Valley Watershed Association | July 25, 2019

A new Groundwater Management Zone has been proposed to protect sustainable spring flow from Jacob’s Well into Cypress Creek, often called the lifeblood of Wimberley. A Jacob’s Well Groundwater Management Zone (JWGMZ) was recommended last month by a “Spring Flow” task force formed by the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD).

By: Texas Living Waters Project

Texas, we have a problem. Water is everything. But between growing populations, heat waves and severe droughts, it’s becoming scarce.

By: Hays Free Press | July 24, 2019

Hays County’s new grant-funded flood warning system is to be completed this summer and begin improving research and emergency services during one of the county’s biggest threats – flooding.

By: Community Impact News | July 22, 2019

The Hays County chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist is celebrating 20 years in the community with an event at Dripping Springs Ranch Park, 1042 Event Center Drive, Dripping Springs, on Aug. 10.

By: Timothy T. Loftus | July 19, 2019

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.

By: San Marcos Corridor News | July 19, 2019

Prescribed burns are planned this summer season on Austin’s Water Quality Protection Lands in Hays County. The Water Quality Protection Lands (WQPL) program actively manages more than 28,000 acres to benefit the quality and quantity of water recharging the Edwards Aquifer, which provides water to both Barton Springs and to groundwater wells in Hays and Travis Counties.

By: KXAN | July 17, 2019

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas could receive more than $50 million annually to pay for initiatives that support at-risk fish and wildlife populations under a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress.

By: KSAT | July 16, 2019

Two months after a dam failure led to the draining of Lake Dunlap, the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority will consider purposely draining four more lakes due to safety concerns.