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Posted: Jan 10, 2019
Categories: Events
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Local AARP Group Sponsors Program at the Baca Center in Round Rock on Jan. 9, 2019

Samuel Cortina with Adult Protective Services sits at his display table awaiting his turn to speak on what services his agency provides when someone is a victim of fraud.Commissioner Cook jots down notes as Priscilla Olvera with A+ Federal Credit Union looks on.

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Posted: Jan 10, 2019
Categories: Comm 1
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The monthly meeting/luncheon was held Jan. 9, 2019, at the Wingate Hotel

For more information or to join, please log onto http://www.rrnewneighbors.org/  There is no time limit for membership and residents from every part of the County are welcome.

Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month from September until June with a break in-between.

Commissioner Cook stands at the podium explaining to the club members how Wilco Government works and its impact on residents.Program Coordinator for the New Neighbors Club, Marcy Delgado, walks away from the podium after she introduces Commissioner Cook.

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Posted: Jan 2, 2019
Categories: WilCounty Line
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Happy New Year from Williamson County!

Happy New Year from Williamson County! In this edition of the WILCOunty Line, learn where to recycle your Christmas Tree, find out about the upcoming Williamson County Youth Expo, and get more information on the Williamson County Conservation Foundation’s Texas Conservation Symposium.

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Posted: Dec 31, 2018
Categories: PIO
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Author: Connie Odom

To obtain a 2018 receipt for income taxes (IRS), you must pay your property taxes by December 31, 2018. Visit the Tax Assessor/Collector's payment options page.

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Posted: Dec 20, 2018
Categories: Hot Topics
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Oped by Commissioner Cook

As consumers and customers of water, it behooves us all to not only conserve water, but to become involved in its management.

I recently attended a presentation on the role of groundwater conservation districts at the Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District 8 Conference in Waco for County Judges and Commissioners.Spring-fed groundwater from the Edwards Aquifer bubbles at Berry Springs Park Lake near Georgetown.

Groundwater conservation districts are political subdivisions that manage groundwater production in Texas and are tasked with balancing the conservation of the resource with a landowner’s right to produce it.

As a commissioner, I learned that local communities play an important role in how groundwater is managed locally, regionally and statewide.

What is groundwater?

As Texas Living Waters Projects states, “Simply put, groundwater is water that is found beneath the surface of the earth.”

According to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, 97 percent of groundwater in Texas is held in aquifers (underground rock layers which are saturated with groundwater). The aquifers, which provide fresh water to cities and irrigation to farmland, are close to the ground and recharged by rivers and water that seeps in.

Although Texas treats surface water and groundwater management differently, all surface water interacts with groundwater and vice versa. Surface water is considered Texas property, while according to the state’s Rule of Capture, groundwater is the landowner’s private property.

The withdrawal of water from streams can deplete groundwater, and pumping groundwater can deplete streams, lakes or wetlands. Pollution of surface water can degrade groundwater quality and pollution of groundwater can degrade surface water.

About 80 percent of groundwater is used for agricultural irrigation, but more efficient methods of farming are changing this. Metropolitan areas are gradually surpassing agricultural groundwater use.

Groundwater provides about 60 percent of our state’s water, with rivers and reservoirs providing the rest. Texans use nearly 17 million acre-feet of water annually. One acre-foot of water would cover a high school football field to a depth of one foot.

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