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Tuesday, December 12, 2000
-- Pipeline costs
may drive water bills up (Samuel Segrist) Most water customers shouldn’t
notice when a pipeline to the O.H. Ivie Reservoir begins pumping
water to Abilene in about 18 months.
Monday, November 27, 2000
-- Drought isn't
over (Anna M. Tinsley, Scripps Howard Austin Bureau) AUSTIN — The drought isn’t
over in Texas. That’s what state officials say even though
recent rains have brought welcome relief to some communities
struggling with diminishing water supplies. Those rains and cooler
temperatures have dented the drought but haven’t come close
to ending it, they say.
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 -- Water
Rationing Still On: Many Big Country towns still using water
measures (John
Starbuck) The heavens
are starting to open for regional water supplies. Weekend rains
have towns hoping their lakes will regain appreciable levels.
But officials say Mother Nature’s hit-and-miss attitude
won’t allow them to drop water rationing rules completely.
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 -- Abilene
to consider cloud seeding (Samuel Segrist) The Abilene City Council will consider Thursday
whether to pitch in to make it rain more. At an October council
meeting, the council directed City Hall staff to put a proposed
weather modification program on Thursday’s agenda. Weather
modification, also known as cloud seeding, is a way to enhance
the chances of rainfall.
Tuesday, October 31, 2000 -- Rains
don’t wash away drought (Ken Ellsworth) Despite puddles in the street, water in the lake,
rain in the forecast and one of the wettest Octobers in history,
West Texas is still stuck in the doldrums of a drought.
Tuesday, October 31, 2000 -- Rising
lake levels prompt new look at water restrictions (Samuel Segrist) With Lake Fort Phantom Hill’s level
at a three-year high, Mayor Grady Barr said he will announce
changes today to Abilene’s water restrictions.
Tuesday, October 31, 2000 -- Merkel
advised to boil (John Starbuck)
MERKEL — Residents here are advised to boil their tap water
after two pipeline leaks forced the water supply to be shut off
Sunday and Monday.
- Tuesday, October 24, 2000 -- Abilene
to review Ivie pipeline plan (Samuel Segrist) The Abilene City Council will look Thursday at
how best to acquire the rights of way for the pipeline to O.H.
Ivie Reservoir.
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- Monday, October 23, 2000
-- More rain to hit
Abilene area (Vivi Hoang): More
rain is expected in Abilene’s forecast as well as a cold
front at the end of the week.
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- Friday, October 20, 2000
-- Rainfall
does little to replenish lakes (Loretta Fulton) Downtown buildings and northside homes
caught more water than area lakes in Tuesday’s downpour.
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Thursday, October 19, 2000
-- City
Hall tallies its storm damage (Sidney Schuhmann) Bob Lindley first noticed the water dripping
near his computer in his office at City Hall.
Thursday, October 19, 2000
-- Nothing
left but a mess to clean (Sidney Schuhmann) The dog was stranded on a table and a
large trashcan was floating in his son’s bedroom when Florencio
Medellin arrived home Tuesday morning.
Thursday, October 19, 2000
-- Water
damage keeps Abilene roofers busy (Ken Ellsworth) Heavy rain Tuesday and sprinkles Wednesday
kept Abilene roofers puddle-hopping to answer complaints of sagging
ceiling tiles, wet wallboard and damp carpets.
Thursday, October 19, 2000
-- Reporter-News
wades through flooding crisis (Bobby Horecka) Signs remain, but a Wednesday visitor
couldn’t fathom the crisis endured at the Abilene Reporter-News
just 24 hours before.
Thursday, October 19, 2000
-- Flood
keeps Abilene dispatchers on phone (Reporter-News
Staff Report) On an average
day, dispatchers for the Abilene Police and Fire Departments
handle roughly 600 calls.
Wednesday, October 18, 2000
-- Much-awaited
rainfall wreaks havoc on city (Reporter-News Staff
Report) We prayed. We
waited. We prayed some more. Those prayers were finally answered
Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 18, 2000
-- San Angelo urged
to find water (Matt Phinney) SAN
ANGELO — A task force is recommending that San Angelo pursue
the purchase of more water from O.H. Ivie Reservoir as a way
of meeting consumption demands that are projected to increase
80 percent in the next 20 years.
Wednesday, October 18, 2000
-- Lake levels on
the rise after rain (Samuel Segrist) As Abilene emergency workers and city administrators
struggled to cope with Tuesday’s flood, at least one City
Hall department had good news to give.
- Monday, October 16, 2000
-- Wet weather welcomed
in Big Country (Vivi Hoang):
They came in droves. And when the rain started falling, they
left in droves, too. An estimated 20,000 people poured into Dyess
Air Force Base on Sunday for its Big Country Appreciation Day.
But when the weather turned wet early in the afternoon, many
spectators high-tailed it to their cars and made a beeline for
home.
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- Saturday, September 30, 2000 -- Rotan
rain watcher keeps track of good and bad times since ’85 (Ken Ellsworth) ROTAN —
Horace Carter watches for, prays for and patiently waits for
rain. When it does rain, he carefully writes the precise amount
of precipitation down on the lines of a well-handled notebook
as he has faithfully done since 1985.
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- Tuesday, September 19, 2000 --City
trims water usage (Samuel Segrist)
Temperatures dropped last week and — finally — so did
the amount of water Abilenians consumed. Though they aren’t
certain, directors of the Abilene Water Utilities are hoping
it’s the start of a trend. Or better yet, the start of a
long, wet fall.
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- Tuesday, September 5, 2000 -- Water cost to drain wallets -- Rates increasing
for Big Country; sources dwindling (John Starbuck) Ballinger residents should
consider themselves lucky that their water rates are rising only
$1 per 1,000 gallons, city officials say.
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SPECIAL
REPORT: WATER WOES, 2000
- Tuesday, July 11, 2000 --
‘Well water’
signs dot city after restrictions (Jason Gibbs) Abilene homeowners are looking beneath
their browning lawns in an effort to keep their vegetation green.
City officials estimate there are between 300 and 350 private
residential wells in the Abilene area. And more are being drilled
every day.
- Tuesday, July 11, 2000 --
Big Country benefits
from underground source - Knox, Haskell counties band together
to protect limited water resource (Ken Ellsworth) Unlike most Big Country counties, Knox
and Haskell counties have the enviable position of sitting atop
a huge underground water supply — the Seymour Aquifer.
- Tuesday, July 11, 2000 --
Regional cooperation
may be solution to Big Country water shortage (Reporter-News
Staff Reports) Lingering
drought has hit many Big Country towns with a double whammy.
First, agriculture, on which many small-town economies rely,
has suffered. Lack of water has hurt crops and pastures, diminishing
farmers’ harvests and forcing ranchers to sell off cattle.
- Tuesday, July 11, 2000 --
Big Country towns
stop waiting for water, start drilling (Ken Ellsworth) With their lakes and reservoirs drying
up, Colorado City and Sweetwater were forced to literally go
to the well to supply residents’ water needs. Drilling wells
and pumping underground water might tide the cities over during
the drought and continue to supplement surface water supplies
afterward, officials decided.
- Tuesday, July 11, 2000 --
Water pipes lead to
wave of problems - Abilene works to fix old lines one at a time
(Samuel Segrist) It isn’t
exactly glory work. Red ceramic pieces of an old sewer line lay
along a trench in an alley between Palm and Poplar streets. Dogs,
the only spectators available, stared through chain-link fences
and occasionally yapped at the water workers laboring in and
out of the freshly dug 4-foot hole.
- Tuesday, July 11, 2000 --
Droughts prove man
not so mighty (Bill
Whitaker) No sooner had water from the rain-swollen Clear
Fork of the Brazos been discharged into parched Lake Fort Phantom
Hill than drought-weary Abilene officials began considering scaling
back public water restrictions — and with the worst of summer
yet to come.
- Tuesday, July 11, 2000 --
Cloud seeding questions
arise (George Flickinger - Opinion) Does cloud seeding work? If so, how much rain does
it make? What problems does it create? Everyone wants to know
these answers about cloud seeding, yet it’s hard to answer
some of the simplest questions on the issue.
- Monday, July 10, 2000 --
Water-supply problems
plague much of nation (Joan Lowy) Along with backyard barbecues and family vacations,
drought and water shortages have increasingly become a rite of
summer for many Americans. SIDEBAR: State strives to implement
water law (Anna M. Tinsley) Scripps Howard Austin Bureau
- Monday, July 10, 2000 --
Brazos River counties
working together - Need to find resources, project water demand
creates planning team (Jerry Daniel Reed) Members of the Brazos G Regional Water
Planning Group may seem like strange bedfellows, but they’re
more like people paddling the same boat down the Brazos River.
- Monday, July 10, 2000 --
Hubbard Creek Reservoir
was area’s answer to earlier drought (Jerry Daniel Reed)
Hubbard Creek Reservoir
proved a model water supply for Abilene and three of its neighbors
during the droughty 1940s and ’50s.
- Monday, July 10, 2000 --
Lack of water gives
Texans something to fight for - Securing water supply pits communities
against others (Anna M. Tinsley) AUSTIN — “Whiskey’s for drinking.
Water’s for fighting about.” Mark Twain didn’t
live to see this drought-stricken Texas.
 Sunday,
July 9, 2000 -- Water
means survival for Big Country (Samuel Segrist) It still hadn’t rained, so it was
Don Drennan’s turn to talk to God. “Great Father, our
land is in a terrible plight. The very earth groans for water.
We beseech you to send rain in this time of great need so we
may continue to grow and live through your name ...”
- Sunday, July 9, 2000 -- Abilene’s weather
history has its ups and downs (Jerry Daniel Reed) If global warming is a reality, it couldn’t
be proved by Abilene. At least, not yet.
- Sunday, July 9, 2000 -- Conservation crucial
to survive droughts (Jerry Daniel Reed) Almost two generations have passed since Abilene
and its neighbors made it through their longest and severest
drought.
- Sunday, July 9, 2000 -- Abilene’s water
sources: Different sizes, same purpose (Samuel Segrist) Sayre Island, reached by driving over
a narrow dirt road — water to one side, mud and weeds on
the other — doesn’t show a lot of signs of its purpose
on Hubbard Creek Reservoir.
- Sunday, July 9, 2000 -- Stephenville bond issue
for pipeline loses steam
STEPHENVILLE — A proposed $12 million bond issue for water
system improvements in the city of Stephenville was rejected
by voters Saturday in one of the largest turnouts in recent years.
- Sunday, July 9, 2000 -- Kelton novel of drought
and despair still resonates (Bill Whitaker) SAN ANGELO — Every several years,
when the clouds slip off and the sun beats down and West Texas
and everything on it withers and wastes away, newspapermen, scholars
and filmmakers come calling on Elmer Kelton.
May
27 -- Area pool openings
to dip due to drought (John Starbuck) If Throckmorton youngsters
see their summer fun swirl down the drain, they can’t blame
the drought.
- May
14 -- Stage set for
Hubbard water battle (Samuel Segrist) The cities that take water
from Hubbard Creek Reservoir — Abilene included — are
negotiating to determine how much water each can pump from the
shrinking lake over the next five years.
- May
9 -- Volunteer auditing
program puts ease in efficient watering (Jerry Daniel Reed)
Jan
Voelter will know next time how best to irrigate the grounds
of her home. Monday afternoon, the secretary of Big Country Master
Gardeners volunteered her home for hands-on training in an irrigation
audit course presented by Texas A&M University’s Extension
Service.
- April
30 -- Council hopefuls
shore up water platforms (Samuel Segrist) The issue of Abilene’s
water supply runs deep in this year’s City Council campaign.
- April
29 -- Drought blamed
for another Abilene water main break City workers had to repair
another water line break Friday, a failure caused by dry, shifting
ground.
- April
26 -- Municipal water
district asks members to implement conservation measures The West Central
Texas Municipal Water District has entered Stage 1 of its drought
contingency plan because of the lower level of Hubbard Creek
Reservoir, its only source of water.
- April
20 -- Heat zaps water
supply (Samuel Segrist) As
temperatures climb, Abilene’s daily water usage also is
rising, city water officials said Wednesday. Abilene set a record
high for the day Wednesday at 98 degrees.
- April
8 -- City manager
urges Coleman residents to conserve water COLEMAN —
City Manager Randy Whiteman is urging Coleman residents to conserve
water.
- April
8 -- Mitchell County
officials lift burn ban
COLORADO CITY — A burn ban in effect for Mitchell County
since Jan. 25 because of dry conditions has been lifted.
- April
2 -- Taylor, area
counties get some much needed rain relief (Andre Coe) Big Country residents
saw light rain and mostly cloudy weather Saturday, according
to the National Weather Service.
- March
26 -- Last week’s
rain may turn into aquatic windfall (Bobby Horecka) The end to Abilene’s
immediate water shortage may be in sight, but that doesn’t
mean the city will be lifting its water restrictions any time
soon, Mayor Grady Barr said Saturday afternoon.
- March
25 -- Flood replenishing
empty area reservoirs (Ken Ellsworth) Full rivers and streams continued
to rush through portions of the Big Country Friday after mid-week
heavy rains to the west and northwest of Abilene. Meanwhile,
the search continued for a missing boy who was washed into a
flooding creek in Howard County.
- March
21 -- Commissioners
expected to act today on water district proposal for Lytle Lake
(Jerry Daniel Reed) Taylor
County commissioners today will consider approval of a proposed
public water district to acquire and operate Lytle Lake.
- March
19 -- City’s
water use remains steady (Samuel Segrist) During the first
week of tighter watering restrictions, life in Abilene continued
more or less as before.
- March
12 -- Alternate-week
watering now in effect for Abilene New drought restrictions
are in place today in Abilene.
- Feb.
26 -- State meteorologist
says Big Country’s ‘in a bind’ (SAMUEL SEGRIST) State meteorologist
George Bomar told a roomful of Big Country landscapers and gardeners
Friday that they could plan on staying worried — possibly
well into next year.
- Feb.
25 -- City seeks
level for water use, drought (SAMUEL SEGRIST) The Abilene City
Council took the first step in softening the city’s drought
contingency ordinance, even as the city prepares to tighten up
water usage.
- Feb.
25 -- Utilities plan
for summer power surge (LARRY ZELISKO) West Texas Utilities and TXU
Electric have taken steps to ensure that dwindling lakes don’t
dry up the area’s power supply.
- Feb.
23 -- Rain, hail put
nary a dent in drought (Staff reports) When it rains, it pours, especially
in Abilene. Nearly two months of hardly enough precipitation
to wash dust off cars ended Tuesday with a pounding storm that
left hail and flooded roadways in its wake.
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- Feb.
22 -- Council considers
new water usage stage (SAMUEL SEGRIST) The Abilene City Council will
consider relaxing the city’s drought contingency ordinance
Thursday, and a preliminary recommendation gives Key City lawns
a slight reprieve before banning sprinklers.
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- Feb.
21 -- Utility director
weathers effects of area drought (SAMUEL SEGRIST) The Big Country
drought has brought a flood of attention to the Abilene water
department. Nearly every invocation before city meetings includes
a plea for rain.
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- Feb.
12 -- Drought awareness
workshop attracts small audience (SAMUEL SEGRIST) Workers concerned
about the Big Country drought tried to plant a little knowledge
Friday.
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- Feb.
9 -- Sweetwater -
Commission buys land to help water supply (WESTON PYBURN)
SWEETWATER
— The Sweetwater City Commission on Tuesday purchased 270
acres and leased 1,000 more to drill wells to supplement the
city’s water supply.
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- Feb.
2 -- Taylor County’s
ban on burning extended three months (JERRY DANIEL REED)
Winter
storm watch or no, county commissioners renewed a ban on outside
burning in rural Taylor County for another 90 days.
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- Feb.
1 -- Water restrictions
on review (SAMUEL SEGRIST) Less
than a year after its creation, Abilene’s drought contingency
plan is getting a second look from the people who established
it.
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- Jan.
25 -- Ivie
project may go before council Thursday: The proposed Ivie
pipeline got a boost earlier at the Jan. 13 City Council meeting.
While discussing the city’s water supply problems, caused
by a drought draining area lakes, council members
encouraged city administrators to proceed as if they would build
a pipeline to Ivie as soon as possible.
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- Jan.
8 -- Showers
dampen parts of drought area; fire danger remains
- January
8 -- By The Associated Press Amid showers and thunderstorms Friday
across much of Texas, the state still suffers from a prolonged
drought that has left acreage at risk
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- Feb.
23 -- Rain comes as
blessing to farm show (ROY A. JONES II) All of the speakers
at Tuesday’s opening sessions of the West Texas Farm &
Ranch Show had to rewrite their opening remarks.
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- Feb.
2 --Business
News
... the Abilene economy to a position of growth
in 2000. “The oil patch downturn that began in late 1997
and continued throughout 1998, coupled with the drought,
finally took something of a toll on the Abilene economy in 1999,”
he said. The factors pushed the Abilene Economic Index below
the 1998 figure ...
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- Jan.
26 -- Business
News
... impact on the state’s economy of close
to $11 billion. That was new Texas Farm Bureau President Donald
Patman’s message to members of the National Drought
Policy Commission meeting Tuesday in Austin. Patman, who farms
near Waxahachie, emphasized that farmers are not the only ones
hurt by drought. He ...
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- Jan.
25 -- Drought
hearing today:
The National Drought Policy Commission will
hold a public hearing today at the Texas State Capitol to receive
input on how to prepare for the severe impact of drought on the
American people and the environment.
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- Jan.
23 -- Farm
aid program less attractive than before: (ROY A. JONES
II) Drought and low crop prices are forcing
more and more Big Country farmers and landowners to consider
enrolling their land in the Conservation Reserve Program
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- Jan.
18 -- Stenholm:
Farmers need supplemental help: Stenholm said this year’s
forum is one of the most critical in recent memory because drought
and low commodity prices have plagued the farm community for
several years in a row.
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- Jan.
5 -- Federal
drought assistance loan applications available: (DOUG WILLIAMSON)
Emergency farm drought loans are available from the Farm Service
Agency for producers in Callahan, Jones and Taylor counties.
Farmers may be eligible for loans up to 80 percent of their actual
losses or the operating loan needed to continue in business because
of the drought, beginning Jan. 1, 1998.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2000 -- Texas
drought losses get state disaster declaration, loan assistance
available WASHINGTON
(AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman declared
Texas a disaster area Tuesday, making emergency farm loans available
to growers who suffered losses from drought and other problems
this year.
Monday, November 13, 2000 -- Rainfall
goes over year-to-date total DALLAS (AP) — North
Texas officially caught up with its year-to-date rainfall average
early Sunday, logging more than 30 inches so far in 2000. But
more than one average year is needed to make up for several years
of drought, National Weather Service meteorologists said.
Wednesday, November 8, 2000 -- Lake
levels rising with recent rains; some water restrictions lifted:
Texans are getting some relief from the state's long-running
drought with heavy rains that have brought some lake levels up
near Austin and tentatively eased water restrictions for utility
customers in San Antonio.
Saturday, September 30, 2000 --
Oilman’s
proposal doesn’t make it into regional water plans: LUBBOCK (AP) — As regional wat-er planning
groups race to include public comment and other revisions in
their draft water plans due to the state by Monday, there’s
one proposal a Texas oilman had hoped would make it into the
drafts.
- Tuesday, September 5, 2000
-- Dallas reports
12th heat death DALLAS
(AP) — Record-setting heat has claimed the 12th victim of
the year in Dallas County, according to the medical examiner's
office.
- Tuesday, September 5, 2000
-- Drying Central
Texas town considering pipeline AUSTIN (AP) — The Central Texas town of Blanco
is set to join the growing number of Texas cities building pipelines
to offset drought-choked, dwindling water supplies.
- Tuesday, September 5, 2000
-- Wildfire spurs
evacuations near Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Forest Service on Monday issued
a fire safety alert, urging citizens to do their part in preventing
fires like one that charred 4,000 acres and forced the evacuation
of 92 homes in Liberty County northwest of Houston.
- Tuesday, September 5, 2000
-- Texans celebrate
Labor Day DALLAS
(AP) — Despite the searing triple-digit heat, Texans celebrated
Labor Day with picnics, political rallies and plunges into cool
water. Eighty-three-year-old John Hugghins sought solace from
the afternoon sun inside a Fair Park building hosting the Dallas
County Democratic Party Labor Day rally.
- Tuesday, August 29, 2000 -- Texas
drought compares to Dust Bowl years
DALLAS (AP) — Thirsty
North Texas seemed all but certain Monday to break a record for
rainless days established during the woeful Dust Bowl years,
and conditions across much of the rest of the state weren’t
much better.
- Sunday, August 27, 2000 --
North Texas poised
to break rainfall record (Alex Lyda) DALLAS (AP) — Baking under a relentless sun,
North Texas was poised this weekend to tie a record set all the
way back in 1934.
- March
25 -- Beset by drought,
valley says Mexico is hoarding water AUSTIN (AP) - Rio Grande
Valley officials are accusing Mexico of hoarding irrigation water
on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.
- March
23 -- Rains have helped,
but drought predictions hold firm (ALEX LYDA) DALLAS (AP) - Recent
rains have moistened topsoil in much of Texas, allowing farmers
to begin planting, but water has not penetrated deep enough to
ease drought concerns, weather officials say.
- March
12 -- Texas A&M:
Drought toll on agriculture suprasses $300 million COLLEGE STATION
(AP) - Drought has cost Texas farmers and ranchers an estimated
$319 million since last fall, according to economists with the
Texas Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
- Feb.
5 -- Ranchers' drought
woes deepening
COLLEGE STATION (AP) - The ongoing drought has cost state
ranchers $154 million in supplemental feed since last summer,
and unless it starts raining, crop damage in 2000 could exceed
$1 billion, according to Texas A&M researchers.
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3 --
Texas
News ... (AP) — A steady, soaking
rain that has fallen over much of South Texas this week is a
“godsend” for agriculture but won't end the long-running
drought, a meteorologist said Wednesday. “It's
been a real boon for the ground moisture because it doesn't run
off,” said National Weather Service forecaster ...
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3 -- Region thankful
for rain, would like some more (KELLEY SHANNON) SAN ANTONIO (AP)
— A steady, soaking rain that has fallen over much of South
Texas this week is a “godsend” for agriculture but
won't end the long-running drought, a meteorologist said
Wednesday.
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- Feb.
2 -- Lawmaker on
drought: We're in a ditch (CHRIS WILLIAMS) AUSTIN (AP) —
The potential statewide cost of the drought is in the billions
and could crush farmers and ranchers still reeling from droughts
in 1996 and 1998, Texas legislators heard Tuesday.
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- Jan.
25 -- Amarillo
man wants to offer water rights to South Texas: As Texas enters
its third drought in the past four years, the
demand for water is unmistakable. Austin paid the Lower Colorado
River Authority $100 million earlier this year for enough
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25 -- Arlington
may face water limits:
In November, water use in the Tarrant Regional Water District
exceeded projections by 25 percent. The last time drought
conditions led to mandatory water-use restrictions in Arlington
was 1979. Two years ago, city officials implemented restrictions
when a major pipeline ...
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23 -- Dallas
area residents asked to voluntarily curb water use: Total rainfall
is about 10 inches below normal. Increased water usage could
prompt a call for the first mandatory water restriction since
the drought of the 1950s, she said. But the
water supply would have to be severely compromised before the
city would take such an action, Ms. Mirochna added.
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- Jan.
15 -- Texas
facing third drought in four years: By MICHAEL HOLMES Associated
Press Writer AUSTIN (AP) - With Texas in the midst of its third
drought in four years, state officials said
Friday they're doing everything they can to ...
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- Jan.
12 -- Ag
Department says 1999 one of driest years on record: "It looks
pretty bad,” said Allen Spelce, TDA spokesman. Spelce said
38 Texas counties are eligible for disaster assistance due to
drought declarations by U.S. Agriculture Secretary
Dan Glickman. Another 60-plus counties have requested such drought
declarations, he said.
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- May
28 -- City Council
confronts Abilene’s water goblins (Rob Beckham) The hotter the
weather gets, the more we all think about water. Because reports
of progress on the Ivie Pipeline have been spread over several
months, it’s sometimes difficult to remember exactly where
we are on that part of the water situation.
- May
14 -- Water needs
call for vision from the top (ARN Editorial) City Manager Roy
McDaniel’s attitude about Abilene’s water supply is
incomprehensible.
- Feb.
27 -- Do Christians
pray in vain when they pray for rain? (Jay Massingill) At a time when
this part of the country is in dire need of rain, Christians,
more and more, are asking God to send rain to our drought-stricken
land.
- Feb.
24 -- Water crisis
calls out for leadership, not half-measures (ARN Editorial)
Abilene’s
water shortage has become such a crisis that the city is moving
ahead with plans for a pipeline to Lake Ivie, rightly, before
even deciding how to pay for it. Last August, the City Council
passed water conservation measures that kick in with increasing
severity at various stages of dryness.
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- Jan.
-- Water
issue isn’t fluoride versus supply: (ARN Editorial)
Concern about Abilene’s water supply is approaching the
crisis point. A two-year drought has dried up
our lakes, forced water rationing, caused the city to raise water
rates. The big rains we need are nowhere in sight.
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- Jan.
2 -- Abilene
can achieve great things in 2000: The agriculture industry,
on which Abilene depends more than many “city folks”
might realize, has been devastated by a drought
now well into its second year.
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27 -- Grant us
the wisdom to use our water intelligently (ARN Editorial) Abilene’s
water shortage is approaching the crisis stage. That’s no
exaggeration, and it’s not news.
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- Jan.
14 -- We
need water now:
Our lakes are drying up after two years of drought
with no relief in sight. Many of us remember the 1950s with five
to seven years of drought and half of our present
population to serve.
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- Jan.
6 -- Drying
in the Dust:
Thank you, David Smith, for your Jan. 4 letter concerning our
water situation. I was beginning to think I was the only one
in the Big Country with the same concerns.
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- August 31, 2000 -- moments
of grace As I am
writing, West Texas and most of Texas is feeling the effects
of a prolonged drought.
- April
1 -- Prayers for
rain were answered in abundance (Loretta Fulton) Be careful what
you pray for. That time-tested admonition may be on the minds
of some Loraine residents who held a “pray for rain”
service March 21, only to be inundated the next day with a downpour
reminiscent of a famous Bible story.
- Feb. 27, 2000 -- Do
Christians pray in vain when they pray for rain? (Jay Massingill) At a time when this part of the country
is in dire need of rain, Christians, more and more, are asking
God to send rain to our drought-stricken land.
- Jan.
22 -- Catholic
bishop asking churches in West Texas to pray for rain A drought
that is threatening the livelihood of West Texans will encounter
some strong resistance next week when churches in this area are
asked to devote four ...
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- April
9 -- Careful landscaping
can survive even West Texas’ arid climate (Brian Bethel) Tom Martin has
seen the future of landscaping in Texas, and it’s already
right here at home.
- April
9 -- Local gardeners
find attraction of plants that resist drought (Brian Bethel) While the recent
drought situation has some worrying about the fate of their favorite
fauna, Maewyn Herring has little anxiety about how her own gardens
will grow.
- April
9 -- A step-by-step
guide to xeriscaping (Brian Bethel) The summer soon looms large
in the future of Abilene, threatening to bake the already drought-parched
earth of the city dry.
- Jan.
20 -- Coming
Up Roses:
Area gardeners find the flower well suited to the West Texas
climate. Even the recent drought conditions
don’t seem to bother the bushes. “Roses seem to like
this part of the world,” says local grower and flower enthusiast
Tim McCloskey.
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- Jan.
9 -- Hunters
must search for good spots to find quail: Bare pastureland,
that has been gnawed to the ground by livestock, is getting to
be the norm in this drought-stricken region
and we all know that quail will not stay long in a pasture where
there is little to eat and almost no cover.
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- Jan.
2 -- This
is the last day of an unusual deer season: Those sandy-soil,
“peanut country” deer have been on the increase for
the past several years and that region evidently did not suffer
from the drought that has plagued many Big Country
counties during the past two years.
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