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Texas Currents | Spring 2013

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Spring 2013 Edition

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  • HOA Landscaping Rules
  • We All Need to do Our Part
  • Bagging the Bag in Austin
  • Mark Your Calendars
  • Alliance for Texas Sets 2013 Legislative Agenda
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New Report and Legislature Focus on HOA Landscaping Rules

Clean Water Fund’s new Water on the Home Front report documents how most Austin area homeowners associations (HOAs) pose significant barriers to their residents who wish to install water efficient landscapes, or xeriscapes. They do this through rules that require most or all of front and side yards of homes within their boundaries to be covered with turf grass, and that this grass be kept green. Xeriscaping uses native and drought-resistant plants that require far less water and do not require treatment with chemical fertilizers and herbicides. Read More
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Water on the Home Front

An Analysis of Landscaping Restrictions of Austin Area Homeowner Associations

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Constant drought, a changing climate, and population growth make it imperative that Texas increase conservation efforts. While Texas may ultimately need to create new sources of water by adding infrastructure such as groundwater desalination, aquifer storage and recovery, and more, and while investments in pipes and treatment plants may also be necessary to deliver this water to consumers, conservation is far more cost effective and should be prioritized.In particular it makes sense to prioritize conservation in the municipal sector.

According to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), municipal demand is the fastest growing sector among all water use categories in the state, projected to increase from 27% of total demand in 2010 to over 38% of total demand by 2060. The TWDB projects that water providers will need nearly $27 billion in state financial assistance to meet this demand — about half of the $53 billion the TWDB says is needed to meet state needs by 2060.

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Tell Governor Perry - Sign SB 198!

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The Texas Legislature has passed SB 198, a landmark bill called for by Clean Water Action. The bill would remove the ability of homeowner associations in Texas to ban drought-resistant landscaping, or xeriscaping. Many or most of Texas' HOAs – estimated to number around 25,000 -- have rules in place that ban xeriscaping in portions of a homeowner's yard that are visible from the street.

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Make Sure Homeowners Can Conserve Water!

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Keep HOAs from Banning Yards Like This!

The Texas Legislature is considering measures to stop homeowners associations (HOAs) from banning water-efficient landscapes, or xeriscapes. Ask your legislator to support these bills today!

Many, if not most, HOAs require front and side yards within their neighborhoods to be covered with turf grass that needs frequent watering. Read more about HOA landscaping policies and water conservation here.

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    We are working in local communities and at the state level on behalf of sustainable water policies that protect drinking water at its source, preserve wetlands and aquifer recharge Azones, and conserve water for the future. We are working to persuade policy makers to prioritize conservation above expensive new reservoirs and treatment plants—a policy that would also save the energy needed to treat and distribute this water.

Nuclear Power

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    With the threat of global warming and fossil fuel prices rising, nuclear power is being hailed once again as a solution to future energy needs. In September 2007, NRG Energy filed for a construction and operation license for two new nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project near Bay City, and since then four additional nuclear plants have been proposed.

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    Clean Water Action is working in local communities, and at the state level, on behalf of sustainable water policies that protect drinking water at its source, preserve wetlands and aquifer recharge zones, and conserve water for the future.
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