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Update: October 24, 2025 : We are updating this original LIV article posted in February 2023. LIV is not opposed to all ASR projects, such as San Antonio's ASR. However, Austin's ASR poses particular threats to our aquifers. We rely on our water policy leaders for guidance on the complex science of groundwater, especially the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District (LPGCD) that represents Lee and Bastrop counties, and two nonprofit organizations: the Simsboro Aquifer Wa

Join us with Sarah Stogner on Twitter Spaces tonight for some fun and sass with LIV co-founder, Linda Curtis. Join us here. Sarah is a...

At least some of you noticed that we've been off since November 2023! Our chief bottle-washer, Linda Curtis, is writing about it. So keep...

<== Click on Rep. Rose's picture to watch a 5-minute excerpt of the hour presentation to LIV on June 6th by Adrian Shelley, environmental...

From one of the wonderful Texas water defenders, SAWDF Update 5/9/2023 Legislative News Favorable legislation awaiting a public hearing...

"The bill enumerates the many different ways the TCEQ is not required to investigate a complaint, stripping away yet another public right...

Thankfully, Rep. Gerdes introduced HB4445 to address massive water leakage throughout the state. Click on Nancy McKee's picture for a...

The Elephant in the Room! Let's help Rep. Gerdes get a hearing on HB 4445, arguably the most important water bill in this session! We...

SAWDF Update • 4/13/2023 Favorable Bills making progress House Natural Resources Committee [HNRC] SB 1080 – Kolkhorst Relating to a...

We can send a man to the moon, but we can't figure out what to do with our wastewater on god's green earth. Sean Hensley, a biologist who...

This brief LIV-Indy News boost is to encourage you go to the Capitol tomorrow, Monday, February 13th, to support our local food advocates...

Some of you young pups did not have the pleasure of witnessing former Vice President Spiro Agnew in action. Agnew was one of only two...

Many thanks for permission to reprint this article from the Burleson County Tribune. LIV encourages our readers to subscribe to your...

Public fails to sway board to keep Sheril Smith As published in the Giddings Times & News January 26, 2023, Vol. 133, No. 37 During an...

"I came to Driftwood from California last year expecting some peace. I can't believe what is happening to us." A petition signer at...

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The following article is reprinted from LIV’s Linda Curtis submission to the Bastrop Democrats newsletter. We encourage Bastrop...

Finally, the gods of Texas media are back on this never-ending story of the state of Texas’ failure to properly manage groundwater. Of...

Are imperial governance and the related constitutional wreckage taking Texans down a dangerous path to a constitutional crisis? These...

The elephant in the Texas voting booth that neither party wants to talk about is the suppression of a plurality of Texas voters. ...