Featured Galveston commissioners pull plug on proposed Bolivar wastewater treatment plant (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 6/7/2016) “Galveston County commissioners on Tuesday voted to kill a $13.8 million project to build a sewage treatment plant on the Bolivar Peninsula, blaming changing requirements by federal regulators. The decision disappointed many Bolivar Peninsula residents, who say reliance on septic tanks is creating…
Happy Sea Turtle Week! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Program protects and conserves six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters, ranging from the smallest (Kemp’s ridley) to the largest (leatherback). This photo above is of a loggerhead turtle that was visiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, which is a coral reef system off the Texas Coast.
Featured Delayed by Massive Rainfall, $72 Million Addicks & Barker Dam Rehabilitation Remains USACE Priority (Energy Corridor, 6/2016) “Delayed by repeated deluges of rain, two dams that for seven decades have prevented $10 billion in property damages – according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – are being rehabilitated in a $72 million effort to reduce downstream flooding…