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Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: January 10, 2015

Featured Why we all need to start drinking toilet water (Marcus Woo – BBC, 1/6/2016) “It’s been called ‘toilet-to-tap’ – much to the chagrin of water experts and managers. In some parts of the world, the wastewater that flows down the drain – yes, including toilet flushes – is now being filtered and treated until it’s as pure as spring water, if not more so. It might not sound appealing, but recycled water is safe and…

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: January 3, 2015

Featured ‘Do the math’ on water, food situation (Bill Barker, For the Express-News – Houston Chronicle, 1/3/2016) “The State Water Plan predicts that Bexar County water projects will provide enough water to meet household and business needs, but our entire 20-county water-planning district does not have enough agricultural water to grow the food we eat. It appears that a small…

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: December 28, 2015

Featured The fight for Texas’ prairie wetlands (John S. Jacob and Jen Powis – Houston Chronicle) “To Texas developers, a coastal prairie wetland looks like profit waiting to be made: The expanses of grassland are easily bulldozed, easily platted and paved. So it’s no wonder that they’re disappearing quickly: According to a report from Texas A&M University, of the Texas…