Nation’s Water Rates Increase 7% Over Last Year

Jun 24, 2013 | Water

Circle of Blue reports in their annual survey that water prices in 30 major U.S. cities again grew at a pace faster than inflation.  Water prices increased an average of 6.7 percent in these metropolitan areas, a slower rate than in recent years but well above the 2.1...

Supreme Court Decides for Oklahoma

Jun 17, 2013 | Regional News, Water

Whatever happens in Oklahoma, stays in Oklahoma. And when it comes to water rights, the nation’s high court told Texas that Oklahoma doesn’t have to share. Writing for a unanimous decision, Justice Sotomayor took about thirty pages to review the case and...

Legacy Oil and Gas Maps Now Available

May 28, 2013 | Water

Things are different now. Eighty years ago environmental regulations were a bit looser in the oil and gas industry.  A good look at the picture above and you can see just how loose. We have come a long way since the days when the Mary Sudik #1 ran wild for eleven days...

Oklahoma City Implements Outdoor Watering Conservation Program

May 2, 2013 | Water

In response to the toll that the ongoing drought has taken on lake levels, the Oklahoma City Council approved new progressive water conservation measures for all Oklahoma City residential and commercial water customers. Conservation measures will now be triggered...

New Changes in Store for Floodplain Management

May 2, 2013 | Water

Flood management and flood insurance is facing rapid changes in the next few years as the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act reforms start to take shape. Subsidized rates were removed for any business property, any severe repetitive loss property, and any...
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