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Eleanors38

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17. Austin is in the process of building a 1bill. dollar treatment

Fri May 9, 2014, 10:40 PM

May 2014

plant for a lake that is chronically 40' below normal. It can't invent water! And we have treatment capacity in our present facilities. It doesn't matter how "progressive" Austin's politicians say they are, they still gaze back at Sodom, and give developers pretty much what they want. Even San Antonio's water conservation policies are more stringent than Austin's. But we do have higher taxes (my prop. taxes are up $600+), and the rents are sky-high. So, there.

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How the US stopped its fisheries from collapsing [View all] HuckleB May 2014 OP

Hello. HuckleB May 2014 #1

I have to agree; there have been some great successes in this area. badtoworse May 2014 #2

Interesting, and a definite bummer. HuckleB May 2014 #3

Personally, I believe it is the loss of coastal wetlands. badtoworse May 2014 #4

That would make sense. HuckleB May 2014 #5

I believe the issue is being studied, but I'm not aware of any measures aimed at restoration badtoworse May 2014 #13

We face a similar problem in Texas with drought and climate change... Eleanors38 May 2014 #10

Ugh. I'm sorry to hear the bad news. HuckleB May 2014 #11

Yes. Outside of Texas, our Colorado is often called Eleanors38 May 2014 #12

Interesting! Very interesting. HuckleB May 2014 #14

Anytime! Eleanors38 May 2014 #16

It's all about competition for limited resources. badtoworse May 2014 #15

Austin is in the process of building a 1bill. dollar treatment Eleanors38 May 2014 #17

K&R SalviaBlue May 2014 #6

Thanks! HuckleB May 2014 #7

Kicking for good news. nt okaawhatever May 2014 #8

Yeah! It's nice to get good news once in a while! HuckleB May 2014 #18

Good post. Our federal & state agencies charged with protecting Eleanors38 May 2014 #9