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Des Moines Water Works, Iowa's largest water utility, could see a $155 million shortfall, based on preliminary estimates. Rates would have to dramatically increase if it were to cover all of the ...
Despite that concern, the DNR has approved Osceola's request to move about 4 million gallons from two city water bodies, Grade Lake and Q Pond, to West Lake, the reservoir that supplies the city's ...
Texas' water infrastructure, such as dams, pipelines, and reservoirs, is aging and often not equipped to handle modern water management challenges. Leakage and inefficiencies exacerbate the problem.
TxGIO was established by the Texas Legislature in 1968 as the Texas Water-Oriented Data Bank. In 1972, after four years of growth and diversification, it was renamed the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS). In 2023, the 88th Texas Legislature officially renamed TNRIS to the Texas Geographic Information Office. [2]
It's in Iowa's power to produce a clean-water turnaround The state of Iowa could make this petition moot by deciding to try some new strategies. Legislators could give the DNR more authority to ...
In 1917, the voters of Texas passed a constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to create river authorities, which are responsible for developing and conserving the state's water resources. The authorities are appointed by the state to serve regional areas, generally coincidental with river basins.
Some regions of Texas have already run out of water — and the rest face a looming crisis, the state’s agriculture commissioner said on Sunday. “We lose about a farm a week in Texas, but it ...
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is a law that establishes the ownership of cultural items excavated or discovered on federal or tribal land after November 16, 1990. The act also applies to land transferred by the federal government to the states under the Water Resources Department Act. [6]