For people concerned about water in Texas 
july 2005
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Texas
Texas A&M scientists look for silver lining in cedar cloud

Treading water: Don't let a little rain slow conservation efforts

Elsewhere
Sea life in peril, plankton vanishing
Upcoming Event

Workshop on July 28 to assist small water utility operators with homeland security challenges

Operators of small water utilities facing mounting homeland security challenges can tap a wealth of knowledge and resources at a workshop on July 28 at LCRA's McKinney Roughs Nature Park. The one-day workshop focuses on helping small water systems deal with homeland security concerns, plus improving the capacity of these small utilities to manage issues such as rate setting and economic planning.

Register for workshop

Source: LCRA and Texas Water Resources Institute
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Hurricane survival tips

Survival basics for those in hurricane-prone areas this summer.

Source: KRGV-TV, Weslaco

 

Weather
Hurricane season off to a busy start
hurricane emilySummertime kicks off the Atlantic hurricane season, and Texas is due for a heavy storm this year, according to weather watchers.
Sidebar: Texas hurricane survivor
invented scale
The Simpson-Saffir Scale, used to categorize hurricanes (from 1 to 5), has a 30-year history.

Dunes
Photo by Billy Moore
Sea oats and sunshine on the sand dunes at the mouth of the Colorado River in Matagorda.
Check out our new photo gallery for a larger image of this and other places in the Texas Colorado River basin. You can enlarge the photos or save them as computer wallpaper.

Flood management
Floodplain mapping effort continues
If you live near a lake, creek or river and don't have flood insurance, now might be a good time to get it. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making new maps that in some cases may raise the base flood elevation near your home.

 
FEMA mapping schedule
Progress continues on FEMA remapping projects in Bastrop, Fayette, Wharton, Travis, Williamson and Hays counties.

History
Could the floods of the 1930s happen again?
Seventy years ago this summer, the Colorado River of Texas experienced the first of what are arguably the basin's three worst floods of the 20th Century.

 
Order new parks guide
Order new parks guideLCRA has recently updated its colorful, 26-page guide to its 40 parks and recreation areas. For information on how to order Your Nearby Getaways, A Guide to LCRA Parks and Recreation Areas, go to www.lcra.org/parks.

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