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On Tuesday night, the Corpus Christi City Council agreed to push back a vote on how much water refineries, businesses and households will have to cut back in usage if the city goes into a Level 1 emergency. Right now, the city is in Stage 3 drought.

With more than 500 facilities statewide and billions pouring in, the Lone Star State is quickly becoming a global hub for digital infrastructure. And right here in Dallas-Fort Worth? We’re at the center of it all. DFW alone has over 170 data centers, making it the largest market in Texas and one of the fastest-growing in the world.

The San Marcos City Council issued over $100M in revenue bonds to fund the development of a new wastewater treatment plant and other projects.

The Nueces River Authority says its Harbor Island desalination loan ranked 13th, missing funding as only top 9–10 projects were approved.

Denton residents will be able to track their water usage more accurately after Denton City Council approved $26 million to install advanced metering infrastructure, a city-wide automated water metering system, at an April 21 council meeting. The new meters will hone in on earlier leak detection and save the city money on labor for manual meter reading, said Kyle Pedigo, the city's water utility planning manager.

The City of Alpine has reached Stage Three of its Drought Contingency Plan, requiring mandatory restrictions on water usage across the community.

A Level 1 emergency, which could arrive in September, would limit households to 5,250 gallons a month under proposed restrictions. About 30% of residential customers use more.

Amarillo council meets to discuss next steps with Hollywood Wastewater plant

The lawsuit filed in Providence County Superior Court Friday alleges the state agencies charged with authorizing the high-heat sewage processing project failed to consider the health, environmental and safety effects for the surrounding neighborhoods, nor give adequate public notice and feedback opportunities. 

A clog at the City of Breckenridge’s wastewater treatment plant has led to a discharge of partially treated sewage into Gunsolus Creek just north of Breckenridge.

Residents across Hays County may face tighter water restrictions and higher costs in the coming months as drought conditions worsen.

Less than a year ago, Texas voters approved a historic $20 billion investment for water supply and infrastructure to be invested over the next two decades. But lawmakers knew then and now it was just a down payment on a long-term funding structure for the state’s greatest need.

County officials said worsening drought is pushing Corpus Christi toward emergency water shortages as Stage 3 restrictions remain in place.

As Celina continues to grow, city officials are moving forward with several projects to help meet the city’s water needs.

As Texas experiences a rapid expansion of AI-driven data centers, a growing backlash is emerging over their impact on the state’s power grid, water resources and rural communities.

A proposed 715-acre rock quarry near Burnet is still pushing to clear one of the final roadblocks for its approval, despite steady pushback from the local community.

 Some flood warning sensors at low water crossings across Bexar County are still offline or malfunctioning, raising concerns about how reliable those alerts will be during the next heavy rain.

Texas communities will need to spend $174 billion in the next 50 years to avert a severe water crisis, a new state analysis revealed Thursday. That’s more than double the $80 billion projected four years ago, when the Texas Water Development Board last passed a state water plan.

State inspectors have since been on-site, and it's believed that the leak is coming from the wellbore of a plugged oil well somewhere underneath the foundation of the church. It's one of several plugged wells in the city limits, a town of about 300 people near Odessa.

On April 16, the San Jacinto River Authority dedicated a new state historical marker for Lake Conroe Dam. The new marker highlights the journey of the Lake Conroe Dam from its conception in 1968 to construction in 1973.