Water Blogged
Follow ACOG's Professional Geologist John Harrington as he blogs about water in Central Oklahoma.Nation’s Water Rates Increase 7% Over Last Year
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
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 put to rest...
Legacy Oil and Gas Maps Now Available
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
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
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...
ACOG Awarded Designation as an Economic Development District
The U.S. Economic Development Administration, an agency in the United States Department of Commerce, announced this week that the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) has been designated an Economic Development District (EDD). Matthew Erskine, Deputy...
Waterlinks
Want to know more about the water infrastructure crisis? See this interactive infographic describing a poll by Xylem, Inc. on what people think about water: A nice discussion about water rates from StateImpact Oklahoma. There are more than 750 local water authorities...
City of Norman Passes Phosphorus Ordinance
The city of Norman recently passed an ordinance limiting the amount of phosphorus applied to lawns. This marks a first for an Oklahoma municipality to address phosphorus loading in a watershed. The Lake Thunderbird watershed overlaps various communities that surround...
Small Regional Communities to Receive REAP Funds in 2013
Road repairs, maintenance of water lines, street signs, and emergency response equipment are some of the things that citizens expect of their communities. But some small towns in Central Oklahoma don’t have the resources to fully provide these basic services. The...
Commerce Announces 2012 CDBG Small Cities Awards
The Community Development division of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce announced in September that 11 Oklahoma cities are recipients of the Small Cities – Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) funding awards for fiscal year 2012. These cities can look...