City Administrator Gary Scott said this will bring new capacity to the city’s strained northwest pressure plane, which is under a temporary development moratorium, and pave the way for development to resume in certain areas.

All parties involved in the controversial Marvin Nichols Reservoir proposal met in Austin Tuesday morning before the Texas Water Development Board. The chief engineering officer for the Tarrant Regional Water District presented three main arguments. 

Living along the Trinity River and Lake Livingston comes with the potential for flooding. People who rolled the dice are now paying the price as the Trinity River has crested its banks, flooding neighborhoods for the third time in the last year.

Footage shows the extent of the flooding, though Sheriff Woody Wallace noted that residents in the area are accustomed to such conditions, as flooding regularly occurs during periods of heavy rain. Now, the only access to the area is by boat or jet ski.

The five-year plan includes street and drainage improvements, new fire stations, a water plant overhaul and airport renovations. City council debated amendments that would give council members more power to challenge project delays and cancellations.

City council approved a $2,462,950 contract with Capps-Capco Construction for the Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant Fast-Tracked Sludge Lagoon Rehabilitation Project. This project is part of a larger initiative to support Tyler’s continued growth through 2052.

Pearland City Council on June 23 heard comments on a proposed public improvement district that, if eventually approved, would pave the way for wastewater infrastructure to be installed in an 80-acre area.

The Watershed Protection Department is developing a new strategic plan called Rain to River. The initiative is meant to address problems like water quality issues, bank erosion and local flooding over the coming years.

Houston City Council is altering its plan to allocate $315 million in federal funding for disaster recovery efforts from two recent extreme weather disasters after residents expressed disapproval of zero funding going toward housing.

After almost three years, Conroe residents tell FOX 26 that the MUD drainage project in their neighborhood is doing more harm than good.

Projects include upgraded treatment plants and pump improvements, according to town documents

The safety of drinking water for San Antonio residents is in question if the Guajolote Ranch development, which includes a wastewater treatment plant, is built in northwest Bexar County, according to a local professor.

The North Texas Municipal Water District is investing over $1 billion to improve water infrastructure projects in 2026, according to a presentation given to Richardson City Council.

Katy Independent School District is launching a new Water Operations Licensing Program this fall to prepare high school students for careers in Texas' rapidly expanding water industry, where skilled workers are in critical demand.

The latest wastewater report from Beaumont Public Health Services has revealed a concerning surge in the presence of the COVID-19 virus in the city's wastewater. 

The project is to replace aging existing waterlines in Promenade Tower at Coit Road, Stillmeadow Drive between Lois Lane to Audelia Road and Dunbarton Drive between Edgewood Drive to College Park Boulevard. The need for the repairs is based upon frequent water main breaks that occur at these locations, per the documents. 

The project includes installing over 10,000 feet of wastewater line, and 25 manholes from Jesse Bohls Drive to the Verona and Weiss Lane lift stations. The work will decommission the Verona lift station, routing wastewater to the Wilbarger Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility, currently under construction. Once the treatment facility finishes construction, the Weiss Lane lift station will also be decommissioned.

Curtis Hancock, the city’s water and wastewater director, said rehabilitating Wastewater Treatment Plants No. 1 and No. 2 was “long overdue.” The two plants, built in 1975 and 1988, have accumulated “grit and debris,” resulting in a loss of treatment capacity, according to a city staff report. 

The BCRWWS plant expansion will bring the plant’s treatment capacity to 30 million gallons per day. The project is a regional collaboration between Round Rock, Austin, Cedar Park and Leander.

Those taking effect immediately range from enhancing the state’s water infrastructure to addressing education issues, including grades in K-12 and higher education.

Committee members discussed the reliance on historical drought data, specifically the drought of record from the 1950s, which is still being utilized by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) in their modeling. This approach has been criticized for potentially skewing water availability assessments, as it does not account for more recent drought events, such as the severe drought experienced in 2011.

Whitney's received an $18,000 fine because of its wastewater treatment plant for environmental violations, as city officials consider building a new facility to address ongoing issues.

In 2024, city-owed pipes seeped and spewed 9.3 billion gallons of treated water – a 31% increase over the previous year, according to annual audits submitted to the Texas Water Development Board.