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By 2025, the Fort Bend Subsidence District is requiring the northeastern half of Fort Bend County—including the city of Sugar Land—to reduce groundwater reliance from 70 percent to 40 percent of the overall water supply, resulting in an increase to residential water bills.

Tom Green County Fresh Water Supply District No. 2 will receive $300,000 in financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board through loan forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, according to a news release from the Board.

The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, is hosting a meeting April 16 in Rogers for anyone interested in joining a partnership to improve and protect water quality in the Big Elm Creek watershed

Hudson Oaks Mayor Marc Povero and Willow Park Mayor Doyle Moss signed the final interlocal agreement contract and the Fort Worth wholesale water agreement contract Thursday night, making things official.

A free Texas Water Resources Institute training on preserving and protecting riparian and stream ecosystems will be held April 16 in Kingsville.

San Antonio Water System workers transferring fluoride at the utility’s North East Operations Center on Friday spilled about 4,100 gallons of the chemical, officials said.

More than 10 years ago, as every new Texan turned on a faucet, and each new business added in sprinklers, water planners realized they had a potential problem.

Plans to pipe water from Lake Travis to the cities of Round Rock, Cedar Park and Leander advanced March 28.

The Tomball City Council will vote on approving its juvenile curfew, allow heavy metals and toxic materials in the sewer system with prior approval from the city manager and may vote for a public improvement district at a 105-acre development between Persimmon Road adn Hufsmith-Kohrville Road in south Tomball.

Before Hurricane Harvey hit the Lake Houston area in August 2017, East End Park in Kingwood was roughly 158 acres along the East Fork of the San Jacinto River with trails winding through wetlands. When the floodwaters peaked the banks of the river, it covered the park and much of the Lake Houston area with several feet of water.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking into whether Fort Worth’s Panther Island project needs additional authorization from Congress to once again receive money that stopped flowing under President Donald Trump’s administration, officials told lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, in collaboration with the Save Barton Creek Association, the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) and Community Environmental Services, recently published a report that provides guidance on a variety of cost-effective wastewater solutions for the Texas Hill Country.

Actions and assurances from Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and other Texas officials to hold ITC accountable for a disastrous fire are one thing. Policing polluters on a regular basis would be a game changer for public health.

Co-founders of the Barker Flood Prevention advocacy group are encouraged that a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve how the Addicks and Barker reservoirs function and to reduce upstream and downstream flood risks along the Buffalo Bayou and its tributaries will produce short- and long-term solutions.

The Houston Ship Channel reopened during the daylight hours Thursday as ITC CEO apologized for the tank fire incident.