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Texas has a water problem.. Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told WFAA on "Inside Texas Politics" that the state is running out of water and lawmakers need to react soon ...
Texas has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in polluted waterways. A new report draws upon self disclosed data by industrial facilities provided to the EPA. The study counted 17 ...
Water levels in wells across Texas are running low because of the extreme drought, groundwater experts say. ... Peaster in Parker County, water levels from July 2 to 24 fell 1.75 feet. Usually ...
Runoff of soil and fertilizer on a farm field during a rain storm. Nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution regulations are environmental regulations that restrict or limit water pollution from diffuse or nonpoint effluent sources such as polluted runoff from agricultural areas in a river catchments or wind-borne debris blowing out to sea. In the ...
Topsoil runoff from farm, central Iowa (2011). Water pollution in the United States is a growing problem that became critical in the 19th century with the development of mechanized agriculture, mining, and manufacturing industries—although laws and regulations introduced in the late 20th century have improved water quality in many water bodies. [1]
The law specifies that accrued funds must be used for specified stormwater pollution-related purposes. [9] This law was modified in 2015 to make the county-assessed fees optional rather than mandatory while still holding the counties responsible for making progress on managing polluted runoff. [10]
As unrelenting heat set in across Texas this summer, opponents of a sweeping new law targeting local regulations took to the airwaves and internet with an alarming message: outdoor workers would ...
In 2006 EPA promulgated regulations that would not require oil and gas facilities to obtain storm water runoff permits, if the runoff is "composed entirely of storm water", [15] which is defined as composed of "precipitation runoff" and "not contaminated by contact with or that has not come into contact with, any overburden, raw material ...