Waco leaders hope to learn from the June 14 flash floods that blocked Interstate 35 and prompted several high water rescues.
Environment
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Is that swimming hole safe? How to dodge amoebas and other nasties
Swimming in lakes and rivers can carry disease risks, including the dreaded but rare brain-eating amoeba. Here’s expert advice on how you can swim safely.
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SpaceX McGregor site overpumped aquifer for years, records show
The rocket testing site has blown through its permitted groundwater allowance three years straight. McGregor, the site’s owner, says it has a plan to offset groundwater use and avoid enforcement penalties.
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Waco Voices: For Anna Dunbar, sustainability starts with people
Anna Dunbar has spent decades encouraging Waco residents to care for the environment, from recycling and waste reduction to conservation and community stewardship.
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Waco Bridge event explores data centers’ appetite for water, energy
In a region grappling with a data center boom, our expert panel broke down its impact on water, energy and land – and how communities can weigh in.
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Lacy Lakeview needs Waco’s help to realize its data center dreams. It’s not going well.
Lacy Lakeview’s hasty approach to the data center project has alienated the Waco officials who would control water service to the site.
“Without the City of Waco agreeing to it, Lacy Lakeview can’t do anything out there and neither can Infrakey,” State Rep. Pat Curry said. “Those guys don’t know what the hell they’re doing.”
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Competition enlivens Keep Waco Beautiful’s Brazos River cleanup
Some 200 volunteers set out on foot and on kayaks Saturday to see who could clean up the most garbage from the Waco riverfront.
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Town hall questions on Lake Whitney data center echo McLennan County debate
The project is a fraction of the size of the $10 billion data center that Infrakey is proposing for the Ross area in partnership with the city of Lacy Lakeview. But its impact is expected to be huge in rural Bosque County, which has a population of about 19,000.
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Green Communities Conference focuses on resilience, plus zoo tours and kayaking
The conference runs Wednesday and Thursday at the Waco Convention Center with panels ranging from climate anxiety, regenerative agriculture, building resilient communities and sustainability.
