I know some entities around Houston are exploring this (capturing and injecting stormwater). The difficult part is that you have do some level of pretreatment before injecting. At a minimum this would involve knocking out suspended solids to prevent fouling of the formation. Beyond this, the state regs require that the injected water be of at least as 'good' of quality as the native groundwater. The technology is there, but the infrastructure requirements are substantial especially when considering that there may be extended periods of equipment/facility downtime.
It will be interesting to see what the state does here re: Aqua. There are two (at least) regulatory issues here. The first is with regards to the groundwater district being able to recover damages for the overpumping by Aqua, which will end up in court. The second is with regards to Aquas inability to maintain minium regulatory capacity in its public water supply system in violation of state law. I could see they're CCN being revoked, though doubt any entity will be willing to take it over.
UTRWD is currently building one, Ralph Hall, just a stones throw from Bois D'Arc. There are quite a few reservoir projects both conventional and off channel included in the regional water plans from the last cycle. I anticipate we see quite a few going in over the next three decades
Early bird for the squirrel buffet. It was perched in a crepe myrtle about 10 feet out the backdoor. First time I've observed one this close to a house.
I can rarely remember a name after initial encounter, but I'm wanting to say it was Keith (short hair slender fellow, maybe late 40s early 50s). Please correct me if I'm wrong on the name.
I just recieved e form 4 approval on my supressor; submitted first week of January '23. I was getting itchy Eta: I submitted about a week before the atf rule on braces, so I suspect my app fell to the bottom of the influx of paperwork
After reading the story, it sounds like the county pauper cemetery is located on the same land as the jail, but the graves aren't necessarily tied to the prison. Ie, unclaimed or indigent deaths from county hospital, etc. Other than poor taste in location, I'm not sure what the story is here. A mass grave wasn't 'discovered'...it's the pauper cemetery.
Your take generally aligns with my observations. One thing that I don't think is largely understood is how quickly/how much the gen-z gamers types turned hobby shooters are creating a subculture somewhat unique from the other gun owner types (hunters, gravy seals, etc). I used to have a sour attitude towards black rifles and had more of the mindset of Brisket, then I bought an 80 percent lower just to tinker and see if I could build one. The process of doing that (researching, watching videos, fucking up) flipped the switch for me. Tinkering with black rifles has made me a much more effective gun rights advocate compared to the NRA culture I grew up around in the 80s and 90s
Saudi doesn't have dudes with the will to do bad stuff...is this a serious statement? I mean, my impression is that Saudi will do any and every fucked up thing you can come up with, so long as they see it as being in their best interests.
Looking at aerials of the facility (Sound resource solutions), looks like they primarily have totes on site and space for a handful of tanker trailers.
I've been enthralled by battleships since i was a kid. Lee at Guadacanal is one of my favorite accounts of the pacific theater. Being an Olympian in rifle shooting, then going on to run a battleship division like a calvaryman charging on horseback with pistols blazing.... fucking awesome
There are two separate youtube channels I follow , Patrick Boyle and Coffeezilla, which have some petty good videos with a lot of investigative background and general commentary on this.