Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler interviews Dr. Denielle Perry, a water resource geographer and Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University in the School of Earth and Sustainability. Perry is the Director of the Free Flowing Rivers Lab.
Author: Todd Votteler
Todd Votteler is President of Collaborative Water Resolution LLC and Water Opinions LLC. He is the Editor-in-Chief as well as a co-founder of both the Texas Water Journal, and Texas+Water. Todd has 30 years of experience in Texas water resources management, policy, dispute resolution, and science. Votteler served as Special Master during the Edwards Aquifer Endangered Species Act litigation, Sierra Club v Babbitt et al. He has a B.S. in Natural Resources from The University of the South, an M.S. in Natural Resources from The University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Geography from Texas State University.
q&a+water: Eric Allmon
In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Eric Allmon, J.D., an attorney with Perales, Allmon, & Ice, P.C. representing 22 environmental groups that recently filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke the authority that the EPA previously delegated to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue permits to control water pollution in Texas.
q&a+water: Michael Robinson
In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Michael Robinson, Senior Conservation Advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity.
The State of Texas Water Infrastructure
Earlier this month, during a special session of the Texas Legislature, the Texas Capitol flooded. After the water stopped cascading down the pink granite walls inside the Capitol extension, the Legislature resumed its deliberations. The August flood was preceded by February’s Winter Storm Uri. Between 200 and 700 Texans died in the cold and dark after days without power and, in some places, without water. According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the electric
opinions+water: Texas Water Utilities Provide a Snapshot of Financial Conditions and Prospects for Addressing Texas Water Infrastructure Needs in 2021 and 2022
Recently, Water Opinions LLC teamed up with the Texas Water Infrastructure Network for the second annual assessment of current and future Texas water infrastructure projects, financing and other issues facing Texas water utilities.