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In one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, water is becoming increasingly scarce. [Celina] is currently under Stage 2 water conservation measures, which restrict when residents can water their lawns. 
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Industrial Info Resources data find more than US$15 billion worth of wastewater-treatment construction planned or underway throughout the world.
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A new study shows how collaboration among Texas institutions transformed a classroom activity into a state-approved, low-cost method for detecting potential wastewater contamination.
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Country legend Willie Nelson has joined the growing backlash against data center development in Texas, warning that the facilities threaten the rural land and resources that communities such as his hometown of Abbott depend on. The Data Center Map tracker lists 510 data centers across the state, including approximately 200 in the Dallas market alone.
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AI data center proposals have sparked uproar in city council meetings and door-to-door neighborhood protests. A recent Texas Politics Project poll found 42% of Texans "strongly oppose" data centers. This led KUT News to ask some questions. What actually is a data center? Why are so many of them coming to Texas?
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American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., announced today the release of its tenth Sustainability Report, highlighting the company's industry leadership and sustainable impact in communities nationwide.
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The San Antonio River Authority has rolled out two new pilot programs this year to slow a growing invasion of apple snails along the downtown stretch of the river, pairing science with some old-fashioned elbow grease on the water.
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Massachusetts' drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure received D grades in the American Society of Civil Engineers' inaugural 2026 Report Card, which cites aging pipelines, funding shortfalls and growing resilience challenges as key threats to the systems' long-term reliability.
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As more countries build new global data centers and demand for AI and high-density computing grows, the need for efficient water-cooling management increases. Consequently, the market for water and wastewater treatment equipment in data centers is expected to expand over the next 4 to 5 years [...]
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Austin City Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday aimed at increasing oversight of the city's largest water users as leaders continue a broader discussion about water conservation and future data center development. The measure directs the City Manager to study large-volume water use and develop recommendations for future council action.
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According to a report from Environment Texas Research & Policy Center, microplastics are in 99% of Texas waterways. The tests spanned statewide, from El Paso to the Gulf Coast. All 77 sites were tested for overall microplastic presence, while 54 were specifically tested for: microplastic fibers, microplastic fragments, microplastic films, microplastic pellets.
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After more than a decade of planning, the city of Iola is moving forward with construction of its first wastewater treatment plant, replacing a citywide septic system.
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Every day millions of Texans rely on the Edwards aquifer as their primary water source for not only their families, but for the city, agriculture, and industrial development. However, water is an increasingly limited resource, particularly during drought when not everyone can continue pumping at the same rate. This raises the question; who bears the burden of restriction and who continues receiving access?
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Canyon Lake is too full after heavy mid-July rains and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will coordinate efforts to safely return the reservoir to its normal conservation-pool elevation of 909 feet (mean sea level).
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The City of Leander reported an operational incident at its Leander 2243 Wastewater Treatment Plant after an interruption in the plant's aeration system resulted in partially treated wastewater entering Brushy Creek on July 24-25.
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Lake Ralph Hall, a lake the Upper Trinity Regional Water District is building in Fannin County, is starting to fill with water, according to a July news release. The lake is roughly the size of Grapevine Lake but is deep enough to hold twice as much water, said Jason Pierce, UTRWD manager of Governmental Affairs and Communications, in 2024.
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After a yearslong drought, South Central Texas has had a few flooding events since June 2025. While these floods have been devastating for many, we have seen improvements to San Antonio area lakes and reservoirs.
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Two critical South Texas lakes that supply water to drought-stricken Corpus Christi will rise significantly in the coming days as runoff from last week’s flooding rain flows downstream from the Hill Country. It is, however, too early to predict if it will be a true “drought buster,” hydrological experts say, or if rising lake levels will push back mandatory water use restrictions for residents.
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For contractors and operators working with high-water, high-viscosity sludge, one of the most common field challenges is getting treatment material into the sludge rather than leaving it on the surface. Qingdao SOCO New Material Co., Ltd. is addressing that problem with the launch of SLUSORB 985, a high-density superabsorbent polymer (SAP) developed for sludge solidification under challenging field conditions.
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The city of Houston and Coastal Water Authority are planning to add 11 new spillway gates to the Lake Houston Dam to increase its release capacity. Simultaneously, through a partnership between the city of Houston, the San Jacinto River Authority and the city of Humble, a study is being conducted to determine the most effective way to operate Lake Conroe and Lake Houston's dam gates once the 11 new gates are installed.
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According to a MAWSS news release, a low-pressure force main broke on the 7600 block of Lake South Road.
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Town officials marked what Mayor Wanda Dukes called a “monumental milestone” on Wednesday, July 22, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Refugio’s new elevated water storage tank. The $5,021,997 tower was built by Landmark Structures using Hurricane Harvey disaster recovery funding. Dukes said the project represents more than a replacement for aging infrastructure.
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A contractor working on the Minglewood Wastewater Project died after the ground collapsed beneath them on Thursday, according to the City of Liberty.
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Bellaire City Council was presented with the proposed FY2026-27 budget during a July 20 city council meeting.
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