Image: The first citizen-elected Board of Directors of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, shown during the oath of office ceremony on November 16, 2018, was true to its word to reduce government spending in passing their first budget for Fiscal Year 2020. Shown are, from left to right, State Representative Will Metcalf, Republican of […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 13, 2019, is a gigantic day for the citizens of Montgomery County. At 9:30 a.m., the dysfunctional Montgomery County Commissioners Court will meet. The giant issue is the effort of the liberals – Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts, Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley, and Precinct 1 Commissioner Mike […]
Conroe, August 1 – Simon Sequeira, President of Quadvest Water and Sewer Utility, set the record about water straight and accused the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) of price-gouging. SJRA advocates water purchases from SJRA’s surface water inventory and is pushing to regulate groundwater out of the competitive water market. Sequeira is the Eighth Most […]
Montgomery County, July 25 – While neither property rights advocates, Board members of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, nor San Jacinto River Authority General Manager Jace Houston and his pro-surface water allies have mentioned it, there’s actually an extremely important scientific article which appeared in the International Journal of Geophysics, a highly-respected academic journal, concerning […]
Image: Geologist Mike Thornhill presented a proposal, which he and geohydrologist Bob Harden prepared, to begin a comprehensive study of the interaction between groundwater pumpage and subsidence in Montgomery County, to the Lone Star Groundwater District Board of Directors at their Tuesday, July 9, 2019, meeting. The Board accepted the proposal to begin the study […]
Image: Source: Chido Onumah. Montgomery County, July 8 – What is the water problem in Montgomery County? Why are our water bills so high? Why is there so much litigation involving water and government entities involved in water? How does subsidence relate to these issues? The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper finished a […]
Image: The wild chicken, free of man’s forced regulation and breeding, is a beautiful creature. (Yes, it’s a male but it’s a male chicken.) Conroe and Montgomery County, July 6 – Subsidence is real. There’s a fair amount of agreement that the data showing subsidence is accurate, particularly for Harris and Galveston counties and for […]
Conroe, July 2 – Let’s put the chickens on the table. The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) obviously wants to sell its surface water and has worked very hard to reduce production of groundwater from Montgomery County aquifers through regulation. That regulation came at the instance of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD), the […]
Eric Yollick, The Golden Hammer First-class Reggae star Jimmy Cliff’s song, “World Turned Upside Down,” seems to describe the perils Montgomery County citizens now face with respect to the enormous prices everyone is paying for water and the odd behavior of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District (LSGCD) and its sister agency, the San Jacinto River […]
Image: In the most pleasant and kindhearted tone, San Jacinto River Authority General Manager Ron Kelling unleashed the news that Woodlands water rates, which are already massive, will shoot almost 5% higher beginning Fiscal Year 2020. The Woodlands and Conroe, June 28 – The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) intends to increase water rates in […]
