Frenzied Rush

Big Water Deal

"...on a plan that would have the city buying water from the Lower Colorado River Authority. With the hour..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

Water Gate: Is LCRA Offering City a Whale of a Deal?

"...Authority more than $1 billion to extend the city's water supply for 50 years. The LCRA has given the..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

TribFest Recap: Can Texas Plan Properly for Droughts and Floods to Come?

Are we "thinking as preciously about water as we can"?

"...ProPublica and moderator of the “Parched” panel on Texas’s water woes at the Texas Tribune Festival...."

Sept. 25, 2022 News Post by Lina Fisher

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...Erin Foster has had her share of water problems at her northern Hays County home. One of..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...We've all heard the arguments against expanding water utility service to environmentally sensitive areas west and southwest..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...council had unanimously approved the creation of a special water district for the development and given the nod to..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...feet below this earth, LCRA is laying a contested water pipeline. When completed, the line will move up to..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

ECT Envisions the Legislative Session

Will the Lege grant more regional planning authority to local communities this time around?

"...the panelists teed up hot policy topics – transportation, water, air quality – that need increased regional planning attention...."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

East Austin residents have a say in neighborhood planning; local advocates ask for more money in city budget to fund their special interest; Bill Spelman issues some strong words against the Statesman's criticism of council on the LCRA water deal.

"...torturous evolution of the East Austin Overlay, directing the Planning Commission to evaluate its plan to phase out the..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Before the Well Runs Dry

The city moves toward conservation, but is it moving fast enough?

"...be tapped to do public service announcements about saving water. In a current radio and TV ad – which..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

High and Dry

LCRA Approves Controversial Pipeline to Dripping Springs

"...offering an innovative aquifer protection plan to accompany its water pipeline to Dripping Springs. But LCRA officials and the..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Hot Buttons in Hays County

"...In addition to dealing with potential traffic, noise, water needs, and pollution, residents will also face higher taxes..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...projects without a public vote – moreover, a metropolitan planning organization would be forbidden even to include a federally..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the city of Austin jurisdiction in Hays County. The water from the contributing and recharge zones in Hays County..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column

Council Watch

The Gotham Cometh: Town Lake Condo Clears First Hurdle; Council Moves On to Water

"...-- attacking the council's delay in approving the 50-year water pact with the Lower Colorado River Authority, which the..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Public Notice: Bridges to Forever

The theme for the coming week is public input

"...Last issue, everything was about the planning agendas at various city governmental bodies: The Planning Com­mission,..."

June 19, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Becoming Drought Tolerant

Central Texas looks for ways to balance population growth with future water supplies

"...It Never Rained, author Elmer Kelton recalled, "Ranchers watched waterholes recede to brown puddles of mud that their livestock..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Corridor Conundrum

The Truth Is Out There on the Highway

"...be obvious, this conference was whipped together by local planning maven Scott Polikov, under the auspices of the Austin-San..."

May 8, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...that left large parts of D10 without power (and water) both before and after the blackout caused by the..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Lee Leffingwell Makes a Splash

Council member named Conservationist of the Year

"...will get you the Texas chapter of the American Water Works Association's Conservationist of the Year title. Granted, retrofitting..."

April 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...The Barton Creek watershed is the 120-square-mile area within which surface water drains..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

For the first time in recorded history, the Rio Grande has failed to reach the Gulf of Mexico.

"...light on the struggle the state faces with regional water planning. Farmers are contending with the impact of an..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

Hays County transportation plan goes back for further study; MoPac extension to San Marcos is tanked for time being.

"...revisions that include ideas for maintaining open space and planning for other environmental impacts of growth...."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Doggett Gets Funding for Texas State University Climate Change Research

A publicly available tool will project climate impacts on state water resources

"...tune of $2.48 million, for the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University to study..."

Feb. 17, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Prop. 6: Strange Bedfellows on Both Sides

Boondoggle or necessary step? Odd alliances form on both sides of state water proposal.

"...the state and a lack of coherent thinking about water planning. With Proposition 6 – a constitutional amendment and..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rio Grande No Longer?

An overview of the ecological crisis along the Rio Grande

"...border. Dikes, levees, and dams control the flow of water, preventing flooding and parceling out tens of thousands of..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Council Watch

Peace at Last? City, Gary Bradley Strike the Deal to End All Deals

"...struck. So all those who harbor suspicion of what watershed-shredding tricks Bradley may have up his sleeve are finally..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Headlines

"...step down as chair of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organ­iz­ation, the body of elected officials that drives transportation..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

Hays County residents protest new road plan

"...after 22 residents claimed that the document and the planning process had not been well publicized. Commissioner Bill Burnett,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Jumping the Shark on Women's Health

For the sake of anti-abortion politics, the governor and the Legislature turned their backs on women's health care – with disastrous consequences. Is there any way to fix this mess?

"...legislative emergency item – more urgent than public education, water planning, or addressing the $4.5 billion Medicaid shortfall. In..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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