exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

Nathan Leber is all about finding the dirt on Lake Buchanan and other Texas reservoirs, or, more precisely, the dirt at the bottom.

Leber, manager of the TexMesoNet and Hydrosurvey programs for the Texas Water Development Board, is in charge of a crew that’s currently surveying sedimentation in Lake Buchanan.

Lindsay city officials anticipate being able to lift the city’s water restriction Thursday morning, July 25, as an issue with the city’s elevated water tank gets resolved.

An average of $23 could be added to your water bill every month for 15 years, and that's even after the city reached a deal with the EPA.

Huddled into a small 1930s-era high school auditorium, dozens of people this week declared their opposition to letting a yet-to-be-built residential development dump treated wastewater into Dickerson Creek, a tributary of the San Marcos River and a typically dry waterway that feeds private wells in Caldwell County.

A proposal for the City of Abilene’s next budget could raise the water and sewer rates annually for the next five years.

Water Utilities Director Rodney Taylor presented the proposal during a special-called city council meeting Monday morning, saying the rate increases should come as no surprise.

Sugar Land residents may soon see an increase to their water bill and the fee for garbage collection. The City Council recently reviewed the proposed 2020 budget which includes a five percent increase to water and wastewater rates and a 10 percent increase to surface water fees.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A boil water notice in Spring has been uplifted after tests confirmed E. coli was no longer detected in its water. Multiple samples were collected after a single site originally tested positive for total coliform.

ARANSAS PASS, Texas — Builders in Aransas Pass are working to make up for a significant delay in the new water tower project. 

The old water tower collapsed during Hurricane Harvey, and the new one was supposed to be done in just a couple of weeks, but it is still a construction site.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A recent report by Environment Texas calls out seven beaches in the Coastal bend that are unsafe because of fecal matter pollution. There is a preface to the story that should clarify the bottom line.

SAN ANTONIO — Two water wells in Kenedy failed within days of one another, officials say, leading to an emergency city meeting and Stage 4 water restrictions for residents.

According to city leaders, the two broken wells – 15 and 16 – produce the largest supply and best quality of water for the area.

A 2019 study, "Safe for Swimming?" looked at fecal bacterial levels at 167 beaches across Texas and found that 141 exceeded a federal safety threshold for bacterial contamination on at least one day in 2018. The culprits is often stormwater runoff and sewage overflows.

New water rates go into effect in Athens on September 1 as the city enters the last fiscal year under the 2015 water study.

"Anything over the 2,000 gallon base rate now costs $3.24 per 1,000 gallons. The new rate will be $3.34 per 1,000 gallons. Wastewater is currently $6.07 per 1,000 gallons and will be going to $6.26 per 1,000.

Mount Calm City Council met Tuesday, July 9, and continued discussing a project to install new water lines. A Community Development Block Grant was approved at $335,000 earlier this year. Pending bid approval, construction is expected to begin on new water lines for Mount Calm September 1.