Reporting on Texas water -- drought and supply, reservoirs and groundwater, utility infrastructure, conservation rules, and the growing competition for a finite resource.
Texas oil and gas wells throw off roughly 26 million barrels of salty wastewater a day, and operators pump nearly 30 million barrels a day back underground.
Corpus Christi can continue holding back the fresh water it owes Nueces Bay until its reservoirs are half full, Texas environmental regulators decided Sept. 9, affirming a drought emergency order without changing a word.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is approaching the deadline for public comment on proposed regulations that would allow companies to apply treated oilfield wastewater onto land surfaces.
The United States Supreme Court approved a comprehensive settlement agreement ending a 13-year interstate legal battle over the Rio Grande Compact.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality proposed rules to allow treated oilfield wastewater to be applied to land across the state, opening a public comment period that closes June 16.
The nonpartisan advocacy group Texans for Clean Water issued an official response praising local volunteers while renewing calls for state-level bottle deposit system, following a weekend cleanup on San Jose Island near Port Aransas.
The Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District submitted a formal resolution to Texas lawmakers on May 13 requesting explicit legal authority to deny industrial water permits to data centers.
A collaborative beach cleanup on San Jose Island on May 16, 2026, successfully removed 1,430 pounds of litter, highlighting the persistent challenges of plastic pollution along the Texas Gulf Coast.
The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs met on May 11, 2026, to examine a routine but sometimes controversial municipal budgeting practice: the transfer of revenue from water and wastewater utilities into general funds for unrelated services.
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) released the draft 2027 State Water Plan, proposing a record-breaking $174 billion in capital investments.
The Laguna Madre Water District has initiated a seawater desalination pilot project in Port Isabel to establish a potential sustainable water source for South Texas coastal communities.
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas has announced a new survey to examine the water usage of data centers and virtual currency mining facilities.
Texas 2036 has released a post-mortem report about the 2025 legislative session.