Reporting on Texas water -- drought and supply, reservoirs and groundwater, utility infrastructure, conservation rules, and the growing competition for a finite resource.
Farms, factories and water utilities that pump from the Edwards Aquifer are back under the deepest cut in the aquifer's drought plan: a 35 percent reduction in their permitted withdrawals, up from 30 percent.
Farms, factories and water utilities that pump from the Edwards Aquifer will now have their permitted withdrawals cut 30 percent instead of 35 percent, after the agency that regulates the aquifer moved the San Antonio Pool back to a less severe drought stage.
Commissioners in Camp, Cass, Upshur and Wood counties voted June 30 to join a proposed 16-county regional groundwater conservation district, seeking legal authority over pumping from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer before Dallas-area water planners drill 90 high-capacity wells in the region.
Texas' effort to control who pays for the power that data centers demand reaches two hard markers this month.
Texas is learning to adjust quickly to rapid population growth and increasingly frequent extreme weather.
One of the largest single data-center projects yet planned in Texas is approaching an operational milestone in a rural county west of Fort Worth.
The Texas Water Development Board launched a statewide public awareness campaign aimed at helping Texans better understand where their water comes from, how much water their communities will need in the future, and the infrastructure required to maintain long-term water security.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Coastal Fisheries Division marked the 20th anniversary of its Groundwater to the Gulf program this year, bringing 30 educators from Austin to the Texas coast for a hands-on institute on water science.
Texas is preparing to spend up to $20 billion on water over the next two decades.
In much of Texas, a data center can sink a well and pump as much groundwater as it wants, and no state agency is empowered to stop it.
Organizers in Northeast El Paso have filed a formal notice to recall City Representative Cynthia Boyar Trejo.
A statewide rate increase sought by one of the largest private water utilities in Texas is advancing toward a negotiated settlement that does not include the customers who filed thousands of formal protests.
Texas Natural Resources Committee will review the Texas Water Development Board's stewardship of the newly funded water program and weigh data-center water use — the only charge open to public testimony.When: 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 23, 2026Where: Room E2.036, Capitol Extension, AustinChair: Rep. Cody Harris, R–Palestine (HD-8)Vice Chair: Rep. Armando Martinez, D–Weslaco (HD-39)Format: Invited testimony only on three charges; invited and public testimony on the data-center chargeLive video: house.texas.gov/video-audio/Submit comments online: comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c390 (written comments accepted until the hearing adjourns) The Texas House Committee on Natural Resources will convene at 10 a.m. Tuesday to examine how the state is standing up its newly supercharged water fund and to confront a fast-growing strain on Texas water supplies: data centers.
Texas volunteers removed 48,952 pounds of trash—nearly 24 tons—from beaches stretching between Sea Rim State Park and Boca Chica on April 18, 2026, according to a Texas General Land Office report.