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The Granite Shoals City Council on February 25 approved spending $45,750 to address drainage issues on Churchill and Kingswood drives. The council awarded a contract to J.H. Miller Co. of Marble Falls for the removal of old culverts and the installation of four new ones: two on Churchill and two on Kingswood.

The Houston water main break that flooded the East 610 Loop had far-reaching consequences impacting half of the city on Feb. 27, 2019.

In a big victory for Garland, Mesquite, Plano and Richardson, the Public Utility Commission voted Thursday that the rates charged by the Nort

North Texas water authorities now have the financial backing for a new wastewater treatment plant in Collin County. The Texas Water Development Board on Thursday approved a $458,920,000 loan to fund all the costs associated with creating the new Sister Grove Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility. 

Region D water planners voted 23-0 on Wednesday for a draft plan that opposes the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir for at least the next 50 years, but they were less uniform on how to get the most for East Texas

After the League City City Council’s unanimous vote Feb. 25, water and wastewater rates will rise steadily over the next four years, though commercial businesses will see greater increases than residents.

The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) is best known for managing Lake Conroe and providing water supply and wastewater treatment services to all 11 Municipal Utility Districts in The Woodlands. 

On February 13, the city of Abilene approved the purchase of 2. 5 billion gallons of water from Possum Kingdom Lake. Data shows the 2011 drought caused Lakes Fort Phantom, Hubbard Creek, and O. H. Ivie to see their lowest points in recent history. 

A water main break in Houston on Thursday has frozen traffic and closed several polling places on the second to last day of early voting.

After five hours of public comments and discussion, the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) approved by a 5-1 vote on Feb. 20 to continue temporarily lowering Lake Conroe until at least December 2022.

With six female engineers at the helm of EP Water, diversity in leadership for women in the water sector can be described as a rising tide at the utility.

The U. S. Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $600,000 in federal funds to help conserve water in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV), announced Congressman Filemon Vela in a release. 

The city of Pearland is discussing solutions on how to resolve a discrepancy between the water meter reading and billing cycle. Residents were billed on a different timeline than when their water meters were read, which has caused a deficit of nearly $6 million in the city.