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NBU customers pay no drought surcharge at the current Stage 2, but a move to Stage 3 or 4 would add conditional costs for residential use above 6,000 gallons a month.
3 min read · Source-linked reportingRead the reporting and receipts →
An engineer recommends the lowest qualified base bid for a Paul Davis Park trail. Council is scheduled to consider the contract Oct. 7; three expansion options are excluded from the recommendation.
2 min read · Council consideration scheduled
Directors are scheduled to consider a Mathis irrigation-suspension agreement, hear a proposed 2027 budget and fee rates, and receive recharge-dam and conservancy reports.
3 min read · Board consideration scheduled
An Oct. 7 hearing will take up a proposed 300-foot sewer connection rule, a conditional exemption for existing septic systems and property owners’ repair duties.
3 min read · Hearing scheduled
A wastewater hearing, nuisance rules, Water Commission appointments and a Paul Davis Park trail bid are on the Oct. 7 agenda. Residents have two chances to comment.
3 min read · Meeting preview
A proposed 2026 funding amendment would add money for professional services and research in the habitat program that includes Comal Springs.
2 min read · Proposed for Oct. 8
New Braunfels' proposed 2027 conservation budget covers river plants, invasive species and water-quality work. The Oct. 8 committee review is the next step.
2 min read · Proposed for Oct. 8 review
New Braunfels and Comal County activated emergency operations and pre-staged barricades as a flood watch began, with isolated rainfall totals up to 8 inches possible.
2 min read · Flood watch in effect
Residents who use County Line Memorial Trail could get a wider path, rebuilt exercise stations and improved crossings if New Braunfels wins the grant.
2 min read · Verified council action
A council vote moves roughly 130 acres near Hunter Road toward public trail access, with New Braunfels responsible for construction, maintenance, utilities, insurance and improvements.
2 min read · Verified council action
New Braunfels approved the TxDOT funding agreement for an off-road trail between Gruene Road and FM 306, carrying an estimated $728,600 city share.
2 min read · Council approved
A council vote clears the TxDOT agreement for a shared-use path from Gruene Road to FM 306, with New Braunfels carrying an estimated $728,600 share and all overruns.
2 min read · Verified council action
A final-reading proposal would simplify drought stages and move the strictest sprinkler schedule to every other week.
3 min read · Final vote scheduled
A citywide code proposal would define acceptable parking surfaces, create a sidewalk escrow option and expand drainage documentation for some home permits.
2 min read · Proposal for Sept. 30 workshop
A draft resolution would start the notice process for county debt backed by property taxes and solid-waste revenue, with a tentative authorization vote Nov. 19.
2 min read · Proposal posted
Schertz annexed and rezoned 10.7 city-owned acres near FM 482 for a future nature park after planning records documented flooding, traffic and maintenance concerns.
2 min read · Verified council action
A Sept. 28 vote would move the trail from a 2025 TxDOT award into a funding agreement that assigns the local share and every overrun to New Braunfels.
2 min read · Vote scheduled Sept. 28
The city would seek a $4 million grant and provide an equal local match for a conceptual rebuild of the 2.2-mile trail.
2 min read · Council vote scheduled
A unanimous EDC vote moves proposed public trail access on roughly 130 northwest New Braunfels acres to City Council for a Sept. 28 decision.
1 min read · Council action pending
The regional water authority proposes a higher groundwater fee, reserve spending and $851,029 for Comal Springs work.
2 min read · Verified proposal
Commissioners accepted the Vogel Dam improvements and released the surety after engineering and conservation-district reviews.
2 min read · Verified action
The Villa Rio property association now faces negotiations backed by condemnation authority for a permanent NBU utility easement at 470 Rio Drive.
2 min read · Verified council action
Schertz is paying about $200,000 annually toward a second water organization whose stand-alone project carried a $162 million estimate in 2021. Council will examine the arrangement Tuesday.
2 min read · Workshop scheduled
Schertz council could adopt utility and drainage increases Sept. 15 as part of the fiscal 2027 budget.
1 min read · Proposed; council hearing Sept. 15
A proposed five-year lease would let New Braunfels manage EDC-owned land for primitive trail access while assuming maintenance and operating costs.
2 min read · Vote scheduled Sept. 15
Dietz Elkhorn water-line construction started this month, while Fair Oaks Ranch expects its Plant 5 storage tank project to finish Sept. 18.
3 min read · Agenda posted
A Sept. 14 vote could give NBU condemnation authority over a 0.7402-acre Villa Rio easement needed for sewer-system work.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 14
Champions Village residents can hear what sewer work NBU has completed and question utility staff about the neighborhood’s future wastewater needs Wednesday evening.
1 min read · Forum scheduled Sept. 9
The flood-control estimate rose from $4.3 million to $12.4 million as 33 Road and Bridge vacancies delayed routine work, archived county minutes show.
3 min read · Archive verified
By Aug. 31, D&D had completed preconstruction steps for Dietz Elkhorn and Fair Oaks Ranch had filed its tank-grant application; the July 2 package supplies the price, scope and utility-budget baseline.
2 min read · Archived records verified
Selma wastewater customers would pay a higher city charge if council adopts a Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority rate pass-through Sept. 10.
1 min read · Proposed for Sept. 10
Schertz residents face an indefinite burn ban that began Sept. 1, while separate Comal County restrictions remain active.
1 min read · Effective until further notice
Voters in EAA districts 8 and 9 would not cast ballots in those director contests if the authority approves an eight-district cancellation proposal Sept. 8.
2 min read · Committee advanced proposal; board decision pending
Fair Oaks Ranch received 12 construction bids for Chartwell drainage improvements and expects to put an agreement before the council Sept. 17.
1 min read · Bids received; award pending
A new state-federal partnership offers cybersecurity resources at no cost to water providers. NBU’s water and wastewater services create the local connection.
1 min read · Program announced
NBU’s account places the May 27 spill in a river that supports residents, tourism and local businesses, after two power sources became unavailable and an alarm failed.
2 min read · Verified NBU account
Garden Ridge water customers face a longer wait for the Vista Ridge tie-in after the city redirected current-year water funding toward other needs.
2 min read · Verified in approved minutes
A 1:30 a.m. update continues Comal County’s heat advisory through Thursday evening, with a heat index up to 110 expected.
2 min read · Verified weather update
Garden Ridge has listed an advertisement for bids for Paul Davis Park trail improvements, advancing the project into contractor solicitation.
1 min read · Verified bid-notice listing
New Braunfels water customers have a dated project milestone to track: the city-owned $5.07 million pump station reached Review Complete, with construction filed for August 2027.
1 min read · Verified from state record
A late Saturday update extends the county’s heat advisory through Wednesday evening, with a heat index up to 110 expected.
2 min read · Verified NWS update
The latest National Weather Service alert lists heat-index values up to 111 for an advisory that includes Comal County through 7 p.m. Sunday.
1 min read · Verified alert update
A Friday update keeps Comal County under a heat advisory through Sunday evening and lowers the listed heat-index ceiling from the earlier alert.
2 min read · Verified weather alert
Order 570 changes the county’s posted burn status from off to an outdoor-burning prohibition Friday morning, with campfires, fire pits and burn piles barred.
2 min read · Verified — Starts Aug. 21
Comal County enters four consecutive afternoons under a heat advisory Thursday, with a heat index up to 112 expected across the advisory area.
1 min read · Heat advisory updated
The governor says proposed projects must disclose power demand, water plans, public aid and neighborhood effects—a statewide test tied to an issue already on Comal County’s formal record.
2 min read · State plan announced
A newly registered public water project covers a 770-square-foot pump building and equipment at 14 Moss Rock Drive, with construction listed for 2027–28.
1 min read · Project registered Aug. 11
New Braunfels Utilities says Stage 2 took effect Aug. 10, 13 days after its Stage 1 notice.
1 min read · In effect
The city posted a cancellation notice Aug. 11; its calendar lists the commission’s next regular meeting for Sept. 15.
1 min read · Canceled
With Conservation Stage 1 in effect, the City Council will take a first vote on revisions to irrigation surcharges and drought-stage triggers.
2 min read · First reading scheduled Aug. 10
The Edwards Aquifer Authority board will consider an irrigation-suspension agreement worth up to $82,234.21 and a roughly $1.61 million medical-insurance purchase Aug. 11.
2 min read · Agenda posted
The city says Stage 1 began Aug. 1, retaining surcharges for high water use and limits on car washing and landscape-watering permits.
2 min read · Verified official notice
Safeware quoted six dam-monitoring nodes and two different three-camera configurations. The packet never says whether the $44,080 scope is additive or superseded.
3 min read · Verified proposal · Total unconfirmedCounty Watch separates scheduled decisions, active changes, and unresolved questions.
