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North Texas plumbers are preparing for their busiest time of year, when kitchen drains are clogged with cooking oil, grease and food buildup in the days around Thanksgiving.

Austin Water crews have repaired a 21" wastewater main break that resulted in a sewage overflow at 10801 Sierra Oaks. An extact figure is not yet known, but officials estimate mroe than 100,000 gallons of the sewage leaked into a tributary off of Bull Creek.

Quitman City Council members approved a bid from a Tyler construction company for a 12-inch water line construction project for the Quitman water system from Lake Fork. 

Pflugerville city staff are amending the scope of Lake Pflugerville improvements in response to concerns from nearby residents.

To avoid household and environmental damage as well as a costly plumbing bill, never put fats, oils and grease down the drain. Fats, oils and grease come from meats, butters and margarine, lard, fo…

The Texas Water Development Board on Thursday announced financial assistance for the City of Athens in the amount of $1,125,000 that will fund a major water infrastructure project.

The Aledo city council unanimously approved an $80,179 feasibility study to be done by engineering firm Freese and Nichols Thursday night to begin the process of the wastewater treatment plant expansion.

The Copperas Cove City Council decided to manage their 14,000 water utility customers in house. The council made this decision at a special meeting on Thursday. 

With one death and seven other confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease possibly from being inside Harvey Convention Center, the popular events facility and city office area was closed for investigation around 3 p.m Wednesday.

The City of Waco is working to give the Lake Brazos Dam a much-needed $5M facelift. This comes after The City of Waco says parts of the embankment are slowly crumbling.

In June, Temple resident Kevin Koonce found out there was going to be a new addition to his neighborhood off Green Park Dr.: A one million-gallon water tower. The city of Temple planned to put the tower at the entrance of the neighborhood.

More than 100,000 gallons of wastewater has flown into a tributary of Bull Creek after there was a 21’’ main break and sanitary sewage overflow, according to Austin Water crews.

In his latest blog post, Bellaire Mayor Andrew Friedberg lauded the city’s efforts in getting its drainage plan off the ground. The goal is it mitigate flooding and wick water away from the city.

The city of Round Rock will commence next year on a project with a big price tag: an estimated $110 million expansion of a wastewater plant that serves four cities.

San Antonio's transit needs are urgent, but without a funding plan for aquifer protection it will be hard to convince voters to reallocate the one-eighth-cent sales tax to VIA.

Port Arthur soon will see improvements to its wastewater plant after being approved for $60.56 million in loans and grants.

The Texas Water Development Board on Thursday approved the action, which will be paid in installments as the work is completed, said city spokeswoman Cheryl Gibbs.

The Greater Texoma Utility Authority recently approved a series of bonds, totalling $3,758,106 to assist Whitewright in making improvements to the city’s water plant.