exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

As the Pure Water Center moves toward completion in 2029, wastewater will be cleaned to irrigation standards, then treated again before reaching customers.

The future of the Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant — a project that has proceeded and then faltered, resumed and then halted, for over two years — could see a decision that would be final on whether it is effectively killed, potentially before a new Corpus Christi City Council is seated.

READ: Could canceling permits kill Inner Harbor desalination project?

Sunday's high of 103 degrees marked the 12th triple-digit day of September in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, setting a record for the most 100-degree days ever recorded in the month of September.

More triple-digit temperatures and daily high records are possible this week as above-normal temperatures persist under mostly sunny skies, according to Sarah Barnes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

People with private drinking water wells within a half-mile of a sewage spill in Duncanville are advised to boil their water before use.

Despite a small chance of rain on Friday, Sept. 11, for some areas of North Texas, it won't be enough to improve drought conditions.

Dallas Water Utilities said the leak’s priority increased after it began negatively impacting private property. 

Crews are cleaning up a sewage spill along Little Creek Drive in Duncanville while private well owners in the area are urged to boil their water.

A boil water notice is in effect in Trinidad, the second time in 2026 the city has been placed under a boil notice as it continues to deal with water clarity issues.

It’s been one week since the Texas Panhandle city of Childress was first placed under a boil water notice. Since then, people living there have been relying heavily on bottled water. And now the town’s mayor has issued a disaster declaration.

The city of Katy has voted to amend its flood damage prevention ordinance to potentially lower residents’ flood insurance rates.  What’s happening? At a Sept. 14 meeting, Katy City Council approved an ordinance change to broaden flood prevention requirements for specific structures.  

Going to the beach? Already there? If you're sunning it up in Galveston or nearby this weekend or over the next few days, be mindful of respiratory issues that could arise from the increased presence of a rare algae. 

A major fire recently broke out at a Sand Branch dumping ground. Residents didn’t have a way to put it out, so fire crews came in from neighboring areas, trucking in water from miles away. Activists are looking for a permanent solution to the lack of infrastructure.

A new water fight is brewing in West Texas, where a distant public utility has bought the right to pump almost all of the available water from an aquifer near Fort Stockton that is a lifeline for dozens of local ranchers.

The utility, the Colorado River Municipal Water District, is based some 150 miles away and provides water to Abilene as well as the Permian basin oil hubs of Midland and Odessa. It finalized an agreement last year, which was made public this summer, with the sprawling La Escalera Ranch just off Highway 385.

READ: A utility bought the rights to send a West Texas town's water to far-off cities