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Houston’s New Building Codes Are a Win For The Climate
Last week, the City of Houston adopted new building construction codes that will make homes and businesses across the city more water and energy efficient– and in the process, more climate resilient. In 2020, city leaders released a Resilience Plan
The Texas Water Development Board Has an Opportunity to Increase Resilience and Equity In Next Round of Funding
For nearly 35 years, the Environmental Protection Agency has worked with states to provide funding for water infrastructure through State Revolving Funds (SRF). There are two general SRF programs—the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and the Clean Water State
KERA: North Texas cities are losing billions of gallons of water to old infrastructure
North Texas lost around 40 billion gallons of water in 2021, the most recent year available according to data from the Texas Water Development Board — that includes reported breaks and leaks as well as unreported losses. And that number
Texas Tribune: “Ike Dike” coastal barrier project could cost $57 billion with inflation, Army Corps says
Inflation could push the cost of Texas’ coastal barrier project — already expected to be the largest civil engineering project in U.S. history — to $57 billion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said. That’s 68% higher than the Corps’ most
As Record Heat and Drought Gripped Texas This Summer, Our Water Systems Struggle
It’s official: This year, Texas experienced its second hottest summer on record. Between June and August, the average temperature in the state hovered around 85 degrees. In 2011, the hottest year on record that also set the state’s drought of
Texas Observer: Lessons for the future of Texas water from the Medina and San Antonio rivers
“During busy summer days, more than 200 recreational boats launch from Red Cove Cafe & Marina in the unincorporated community of Mico. But on a Wednesday morning this May, only two boaters’ cars sat in the parking lot on the
Inside Climate News: Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead
“Almost every other day, Charlie Flatten gets a call about another local water well gone dry. Last week, he tried to help one woman find a water truck to fill her home cistern. But all the hauling companies had suspended
Use Hill Country landscape to mitigate water risks
This article is by Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation and Vanessa Puig-Williams, Environmental Defense Fund. It originally appeared in the San Antonio Express News on Aug 7, 2023. There’s a deep red bull’s-eye hovering over the Hill Country in the Texas
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