groundwater - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/groundwater/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:10:06 +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 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/groundwater/ 32 32 103504436 Houston-Region Groundwater, Subsidence Studies Reveal Stunning Facts https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-region-groundwater-subsidence-studies-reveal-stunning-facts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-region-groundwater-subsidence-studies-reveal-stunning-facts Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:10:06 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=53051 8/17/2025 – Three scientists have summarized more than 100 years of studies about the relationship of groundwater and land subsidence in the Houston region. The study’s title: “A Century (1906-2024) of Groundwater and Land Subsidence Studies in Greater Houston Region: A Review.” The review revealed some stunning facts about past groundwater management practices in the […]

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]]> 1008478 Groundwater Pumping Is Contributing to the Sinking of Major U.S. Cities – The New York Times https://houstonnewmedia.org/groundwater-pumping-is-contributing-to-the-sinking-of-major-u-s-cities-the-new-york-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=groundwater-pumping-is-contributing-to-the-sinking-of-major-u-s-cities-the-new-york-times Fri, 09 May 2025 01:36:39 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=24b965fc85cd6fbbdfe05c96f860ba76 Note: Values reflect the average vertical land movement within city boundaries from 2015 to 2021. ... Texas draws immense amounts of groundwater ...

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]]> 950922 Groundwater Reduction Program https://houstonnewmedia.org/groundwater-reduction-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=groundwater-reduction-program Mon, 07 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +0000 https://www.sugarlandtx.gov/331 The post Groundwater Reduction Program appeared first on HoustonNewMedia.org.

]]> 935587 SUGAR LAND IWRP – GROUNDWATER OFFSET – 2022 Texas State Water Plan https://houstonnewmedia.org/sugar-land-iwrp-groundwater-offset-2022-texas-state-water-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sugar-land-iwrp-groundwater-offset-2022-texas-state-water-plan Wed, 08 May 2024 05:02:42 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=3e441c650f0ba6c119fa2d10ca861053 Total capital cost of recommended projects: $100,409,819. Project, Decade Online, Sponsor, Capital Cost. SUGAR LAND SURFACE WATER EXPANSION - PHASE 1 ...

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]]> 765787 Groundwater alternatives needed, experts say | News | thefacts.com https://houstonnewmedia.org/groundwater-alternatives-needed-experts-say-news-thefacts-com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=groundwater-alternatives-needed-experts-say-news-thefacts-com Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:20:22 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=0ccea820a16e7697ca7b0f3713e38b56 ANGLETON — The aquifer running beneath the Brazos River is being drained of water and lowering the level of the river much of Brazoria County ...

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]]> 656876 Groundwater Production Plan Permit Year Pumpage – City of Sugar Land https://houstonnewmedia.org/groundwater-production-plan-permit-year-pumpage-city-of-sugar-land/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=groundwater-production-plan-permit-year-pumpage-city-of-sugar-land Sun, 12 Mar 2023 01:56:25 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=637d8ce32585299d1352e48fa5aae4c5 City of Sugar Land - Groundwater Production Plan. Permit Year Pumpage. GRP Participant. April 2021 -. March 2022. April 2020 -. March 2021.

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]]> 565396 CIP #2023-003 – Improvements at Woodchester Groundwater Plant and New Territory … https://houstonnewmedia.org/cip-2023-003-improvements-at-woodchester-groundwater-plant-and-new-territory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cip-2023-003-improvements-at-woodchester-groundwater-plant-and-new-territory Fri, 03 Feb 2023 07:04:41 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=39819ecb4ca2288dd70843c0880b62ca The City of Sugar Land 2700 Town Center Blvd. North Sugar Land, TX ... 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, ...

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]]> 538841 Groundwater Contamination In Springfield, Missouri Kept Secret From Residents – Science Friday https://houstonnewmedia.org/groundwater-contamination-in-springfield-missouri-kept-secret-from-residents-science-friday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=groundwater-contamination-in-springfield-missouri-kept-secret-from-residents-science-friday Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:09:25 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=3486dfd429d7e804485ab4e91dc46cdf Groundwater Contamination In Missouri City Kept Secret From Residents ...

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]]> 471722 ‘We’re very pleased’: Lone Star Groundwater president reacts to movement on proposed … https://houstonnewmedia.org/were-very-pleased-lone-star-groundwater-president-reacts-to-movement-on-proposed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=were-very-pleased-lone-star-groundwater-president-reacts-to-movement-on-proposed Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:13:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=815c788872020df03db4db9f1e952645 ... language in April, three other GCDs, Brazoria County, Blue Bonnet and Lower Trinity lent their support to the October nonbinding resolution.

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]]> 186509 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 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 Proposed $120K study would look at groundwater, subsidence https://houstonnewmedia.org/proposed-120k-study-would-look-at-groundwater-subsidence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proposed-120k-study-would-look-at-groundwater-subsidence Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:30:00 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=29babcee1a2bd1625d8fa36f14c254e0 The Woodlands Water Agency and the Houston Advanced Research Center have joined forces to potentially create a scientific advisory committee.

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]]> 23835 Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District board president resigns; hydrologist contract terminated https://houstonnewmedia.org/lone-star-groundwater-conservation-district-board-president-resigns-hydrologist-contract-terminated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lone-star-groundwater-conservation-district-board-president-resigns-hydrologist-contract-terminated Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:30:00 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=09d7de7eb33cc3b65f4e19b43f8bc81e The Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District meeting Dec. 10 brought two immediate changes.

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