October 28, 2025
The next Water for People and the Environment Committee will take place virtually on Monday, November 10, and the topic will be 'Coastal Groundwater Flooding', featuring a presentation by Dr. Dorina Murgulet, with the Center for Water Supply Studies at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi. Additional detail about that program topic will be added to the event Meetup notice linked below. (Note: there will be no Water Committee meeting on December 8, monthly meetings will resume in January).
Registration for the November 10 meeting can be accessed here: Meeting Registration - Zoom
Updated details for the November 10 program will be posted at our Meetup site, which includes the event registration link in the text description: SC Water for People & Env. Comm: Coastal Groundwater Flooding, Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Recording of the October 6 meeting on 'Understanding Proposition 4 with Texas Water Experts':
The presentation provided an overview of Proposition 4, created through the passage of Texas House Joint Resolution 7 (HJR 7), and was on the ballot in the Nov. 4 general election. Proposition 4 will dedicate $1 billion each year for the next twenty years to the Texas Water Fund, which invests in water infrastructure and supply projects across the state. There were two guest speakers - Tom Entsminger from the National Wildlife Federation and Guadalupe Fernandez from Bayou City Waterkeeper. Both are partners within the Texas Living Waters coalition (that Sierra Club is part of as well).
The purpose of the Water for People and Environment Committee:
These online public meetings are for all Texans interested in water issues, advocacy, organizing and networking.
Purpose: To enhance local and statewide water advocacy efforts and empower Texas residents to advocate for water in their communities.
- Active statewide collaborative network of water advocates
- Increased public awareness of water issues across the state
- Increased engagement in water advocacy among Texas residents
- Transformative policy impact
- Active statewide collaborative network of water advocates
- Increased public awareness of water issues across the state
- Increased engagement in water advocacy among Texas residents
- Transformative policy impact