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'It looked like a lagoon' | San Marcos victims still suffer from 2015 flood damage

'It looked like a lagoon' | San Marcos victims still suffer from 2015 flood damage

'It looked like a lagoon' | San Marcos victims still suffer from 2015 flood damage

Some San Marcos flood victims said they're still in need of repairs, three years after two devastating storms filled neighborhoods with floodwater.

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Should treated wastewater be dumped into Central Texas waterways?

A Central Texas treasure threatened: the San Gabriel River winds its way from Burnet County into Williamson and Milam counties, a distance 50 miles long. It's a place known for swimming, fishing and recreation, where some families live and get water for their homes. There are new concerns over whether the state should allow treated wastewater to be dumped into it.

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Wimberley cancels wastewater plan that residents worried would threaten popular Blue Hole park

The city voted 4-1 to cancel the contracts with current developers of the wastewater treatment plant.

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Williamson County Commissioners plan to increase tax revenue

Expect to pay more in your Williamson County property taxes in 2018 because commissioners plan to increase the tax revenue base.

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Two businesses donate supplies, manpower to help woman victimized in contractor work

"The fact that contractor would come in here and take advantage of an elderly person, who might not know what the price should be on something like this, it was unspeakable to me."

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Texas gas stations may get away with 'pump jumping' if not enough people complain

If you get short-changed at the pump, the station may be able to get away with it.

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Defenders: Hydrilla causes problems again in Lake Austin

From destination to dangerous to empty. Lake Austin has been all of that in a span of 10 years. Since 2009, the KVUE Defenders have documented the problems created by a water weed called hydrilla and the solution that made it worse. The KVUE Defenders go back out and see why Lake Austin may be a long way from returning to its original glory.

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Iconic Village manager: alarms and extinguishers were inspected before fatal fire

"Every major fire provides a teachable moment for people to pay attention to fire safety when sometimes it is overlooked," said Jeffery Shapiro, P.E., FSFPE.

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Defenders: Liberty Hill disputes wastewater report which cites multiple violations

Concerns grow in Austin's northern suburbs after a state environmental report found that the city of Liberty Hill's regional wastewater treatment plant dumped sludge into the South Fork of the San Gabriel River. The city disputes the report. However, residents say they are seeing the effects down river in communities like Georgetown, Leander and Cedar Park.

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Refuge for child sex trafficking survivors is set to open soon

A place to house and help child sex trafficking survivors recover will open its doors soon.

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$43 million owed in Travis County, school children impacted the most

While many people struggle to pay their share in property taxes, the KVUE Defenders uncovered tens of millions of dollars in back taxes owed by Travis County property owners.

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Defenders: Austin man pushes for change after he claims his dentist sexually assaulted him

The appointment started as he expected: a nurse took molds of his teeth and then walked off for a few moments. He said it was in that short time he was alone with the dentist, the unthinkable happened.

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