Don't Water At All Y'all

Sprinklers should be turned OFF for the winter since plants are nearing dormancy and won’t need additional water.  Turning sprinklers off keeps your winter water usage lower, which keeps your sewer rate lower for the coming year. This wastewater/sewer winter averaging is done every year by your local utility that you receive your water bill from.  Learn more at WaterLessYall.com.    

Treat Your Pipes Right This Thanksgiving

Holiday foods can be hard on your gut – and on your pipes and sewer system. Fats, oils, and grease and other food items can stick to the inside of pipes, potentially leading to sewer backups.  Scrape leftover food items into the garbage.  Have leftover cooking oil?  Pour into a separate container and dispose in the garbage - - not down the drain! Learn more in this explainer video!

Leave the Leaves on the Lawn

There’s no need to spend so much energy raking and bagging leaves to throw them away! And please, don’t sweep or blow leaves into the street where they can end up polluting nearby streams!  Simply mow over fallen leaves to add valuable nutrients to your lawn soil or rake them to use as mulch or add them into a compost bin.  Find more ways to protect water quality on our Stormwater Management webpage.

Legislative Delegation Tour of Lake Ralph Hall

On October 16, Upper Trinity was privileged to provide a tour of Lake Ralph Hall to its county and state elected officials, including TWDB Chairwoman Brooke Paup.  Denton County Judge Andy Eads and Commissioner Kevin Falconer, along with State Representatives Lynn Stucky and Richard Hayes, saw firsthand the on-going construction project from the “bottom of the lake”.  Staff members of Senator Hughes and Representative Thimesch also attended.  The attendees were able to visit the dam and pump station sites.  We appreciate the continued support of all our elected officials.

Lake Ralph Hall Project Update

The latest Project Update for Lake Ralph Hall features the restoration of five streams near the future Lake Ralph Hall that were lost when the North Sulphur River was channelized in the 1920’s.  Sign up to receive future newsletters at the Lake Ralph Hall website.

NEWS

Barton: Rain relief welcome after Denton County experiences historic October drought (Cross Timbers Gazette)

Systematic review of best management practices shows water quality results nationwide (Texas Water Resources Institute)

Big Cities Disrupt the Atmosphere, Often Generating More Rainfall, But Can Also Have a Drying Effect (Inside Climate News)

How zebra mussels and a Lake Texoma pump station spurred Texas to redraw its border with Oklahoma (Texas Tribune)