Two recent Express-News articles were highly predictive of South Texas’s future: “This dry spell may be the drought of record” and “Energy giant wants to keep Guadalupe River water rights.” The two highlight the relationship between nuclear power and water. Read more »
Updates from July, 2009
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
Nuclear Proponents Overlook Drought’s Reality
July 30th, 2009 | Related PressTEXAS OBSERVER
Silent Springs
July 29th, 2009 | Related PressSixty feet below the shimmering surface of Jacob’s Well, an artesian spring that for thousands of years has pulsed iridescent blue-green water from the Trinity Aquifer to the surface, a sophisticated instrument measures the spring’s vital signs. The results are beamed almost instantaneously to the …Read more »
Filed in: Guadalupe Basin Water Management
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
Paper Water Rights Deceptive
July 25th, 2009 | Related PressCentral Texas is experiencing one of the worst natural droughts of the last 50 years. It’s dry and we all know it — we feel it. And during such times, it makes a lot of sense to seriously question our state and local water policies. …Read more »
Filed in: Guadalupe Basin Water Management
EXAMINER.COM
$57.8 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endangered Species
July 24th, 2009 | Related PressInterior Secretary Ken Salazar announced more than $57.8 million in grants to 27 states to support conservation planning and acquisition of vital habitat for threatened and endangered fish, wildlife and plants. The grants, awarded through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, will benefit numerous species …Read more »
Filed in: Whooping Cranes
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Breakdown of LCRA-San Antonio Water Deal Has Rippling Implications
July 23rd, 2009 | Related PressWhen the San Antonio Water System accused the Lower Colorado River Authority in May of reneging on a huge water deal, more than money was at stake. Read more »
Filed in: Guadalupe Basin Water Management
VICTORIA ADVOCATE
Guadalupe River Reaches Critical Level
July 19th, 2009 | Related PressThe Guadalupe River dropped so low over the weekend that Victoria had to stop pumping water for a few hours, a city official said. Read more »
Filed in: Guadalupe Basin Water Management
GONZALES INQUIRER
As Guadalupe Reaches Critical Level, TSEPA Contends: Not Enough Water For Exelon
July 18th, 2009 | Related PressVICTORIA, TX – With the Guadalupe River reaching critical levels, members of Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance (TSEPA) today question how the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) and Exelon continue to believe that there is enough water for the proposed Exelon nuclear power plant …Read more »
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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
Exelon Still Holding Onto Guadalupe Water
July 12th, 2009 | Related PressExelon Energy’s plans to build two nuclear reactors near Victoria may be on hold, but it hasn’t stopped the power company from reserving the rights to 75,000 acre-feet of precious Guadalupe River water for another year — and maybe longer. Read more »
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