Groundwater Management Area 14 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/groundwater-management-area-14/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 16 Jul 2021 22:37:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Groundwater Management Area 14 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/groundwater-management-area-14/ 32 32 103504436 Last Chance to Fight Subsidence: Comment Now https://houstonnewmedia.org/last-chance-to-fight-subsidence-comment-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-chance-to-fight-subsidence-comment-now Fri, 16 Jul 2021 22:37:15 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=27271 On Friday, July 23, 2021 – one week from today – the public comment period will close on the proposed Desired Future Conditions (DFCs) for the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District. DFCs represent goals for preserving a percentage of groundwater for future generations and preventing subsidence. A contentious debate has raged for years between those […]

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]]> 143068 LSGCD Finally Approves Phase II of Subsidence Study, Only One Problem… https://houstonnewmedia.org/lsgcd-finally-approves-phase-ii-of-subsidence-study-only-one-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lsgcd-finally-approves-phase-ii-of-subsidence-study-only-one-problem Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:23:12 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25200 At its April 13, 2021 board meeting, the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) finally approved Phase 2 of its Subsidence Study. Approval of the study had been on the agenda for months, but kept getting postponed. It was only after Groundwater Management Agency 14 (GMA-14) insisted on a subsidence metric in its Desired Future […]

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]]> 122136 LSGCD Votes to Almost Double Groundwater Pumping, Treat Subsidence as PR problem https://houstonnewmedia.org/lsgcd-votes-to-almost-double-groundwater-pumping-treat-subsidence-as-pr-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lsgcd-votes-to-almost-double-groundwater-pumping-treat-subsidence-as-pr-problem Thu, 08 Apr 2021 21:05:37 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=25081 The Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) board voted Wednesday in a special meeting to throw caution and conservation to the wind. In a long-delayed vote, the board unanimously agreed to adopt “Desired Future Conditions” (DFCs) that allow groundwater pumping to increase from approximately 60,000 acre fee per year to 115,000. This was the third […]

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]]> 120911 Doublespeak Continues to Cloud MoCo Subsidence Debate https://houstonnewmedia.org/doublespeak-continues-to-cloud-moco-subsidence-debate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=doublespeak-continues-to-cloud-moco-subsidence-debate Fri, 05 Mar 2021 21:11:00 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=24560 Those who watched recent Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) and Groundwater Management Area 14 (GMA-14) meetings were treated to some jaw-dropping, head-spinning doublespeak on the subject of subsidence. On January 20, 2021, at a GMA-14 meeting, LSGCD rejected any mention of subsidence in their Desired Future Conditions (DFCs). Then on 2/9/2021, three presenters told […]

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]]> 114031 Groundwater Management Area 14 to Hold Joint Planning Committee Meeting on January 20 https://houstonnewmedia.org/groundwater-management-area-14-to-hold-joint-planning-committee-meeting-on-january-20/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=groundwater-management-area-14-to-hold-joint-planning-committee-meeting-on-january-20 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:03:43 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=23881 Mark your calendar and sign up now. Groundwater Management Area 14 (GMA 14) will meet by webinar Wednesday, January 20th at 10 AM to continue the process of developing a set of desired future conditions for area aquifers. The standards will eventually determine groundwater availability and affect other issues such as subsidence. GMA 14 engages in a joint planning […]

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