Citizens in Groundwater Management Area 11 interested in planning for their groundwater resources.

March 2, 2021 - The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) delayed the setting of the employer’s unemployment insurance tax rates to allow for more time for ongoing legislative efforts and the continuing economic recovery to play out. This is part of our continuing efforts to pursue all options to keep the 2021 tax rates as low as possible for Texas employers. Last week, Governor Greg Abbott suspended a section of the Texas Labor Code which paved the way for the TWC decision. Governor Abbott’s suspension allows for postponement of the setting of tax rates until July 2021.

February 25, 2021 - These past several days have been trying for all Texans, from those losing power and heat to those that found themselves without water, or boiling water from previously safe sources, and many who experienced all of these conditions simultaneously.  

There have been billions of dollars in property damage from weather related instances and burst pipe and water damage, but most heartbreakingly, dozens of Texans died trying to survive the cold, many inside their own homes.

February 26, 2021 - On February 16th, 2021, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the Sand hills public water system, PWS 2100013, to issue a Boil Water Notice to inform customers, individuals, or employees that due to conditions which occurred recently in the public water system, the water from this public water system was required to be boiled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes.

February 26, 2021 - (Flyer) Cane River Creole National Historical Park will host two separate memorial illumination events to remember and honor the people who were enslaved on Magnolia Plantation and Oakland Plantation as part of Black History Month. The Magnolia illumination will take place on Saturday, February 27, and the Oakland illumination will take place on Saturday, March 6, 2021.