exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

For years, the city has been considering buying specific homes in this neighborhood from willing sellers, demolishing them and replacing them with green spaces as part of a flood mitigation project.

Marlin will get $14 million from the Texas Water Development Board to replace equipment at the water plant and replace water lines. When the city digs up a water line to replace it, they will be required to repave the street, so they are waiting to work on those streets until that time.

Whether you are an experienced angler or have never touched a fly rod, this fun day in and along the Trinity River in Fort Worth has something to hook everyone in the whole family. To create an optimal angling experience, the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) will release 1,600 lbs. of Rainbow Trout and nearly 3,000 Texas native fish in the festival location.

 A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on water quality related to Nolan Creek will be held from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. on March 6 at the Harker Heights Activities Center, 400 Indian Trail. The workshop is free and open to anyone interested in improving water quality in the region.

Tuesday, the Bryan City Council will look at some issues to fix flooding on Still Creek in Bryan's north side. City staff recommend replacing several culverts in that area and want to permanently close the section of Missouri Avenue that crosses over the creek.

The City of Rockport began talking about the eventual replacement of the Key Allegro bridge prior to Hurricane Harvey, and the storm made its replacement a necessity.

The City of Rockport has seen a steady increase in sales tax revenue since Hurricane Harvey. Money gained from sales taxes goes into Rockport's general fund and contributes to 24-percent of the city's budget.

Panther Island backers say it’s all about flood control, but opponents say it’s about Fort Worth developers. Texas and national engineers say the bypass plan works, but it’ll be costly.

Braving the cold and the rain, volunteers of all ages came together Saturday morning for the 13th annual Waterway Cleanup at Lowes Boulevard in Killeen, an initiative of Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Contractors with the Texas Department of Transportation have picked up the pace in construction of the Ranch-to-market 2900 Bridge as the Lake LBJ refill was completed on Feb. 27. The eight-week, four ft. drawdown assisted lakeside property owners with construction, maintenance, dredging and repairs in the wake of the October flood event.

Before investigators with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality could act on complaints they received about the city of Mart wastewater treatment facility, sludge from an overflow of wastewater was scraped off the ground, packed into the back of a city dump truck and parked near City Hall, according to an investigation report sent to the city.

A mandatory water boil advisory is still in effect for the City of Aransas Pass due to a massive leak in their water pipes. According to City Manager Gary Edwards, they have narrowed down the area where the leak may be, saying it is somewhere in the marsh just north of Aransas Pass along Business 35.

A pump failure at the Gilleland Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant caused about 3.4 million gallons of chlorinated water to spill into Gilleland Creek Sunday.

At a power plant in Memphis, Tennessee, coal ash waste that built up over decades has been leaching arsenic and other toxic substances into the groundwater.

The Lower Colorado River Authority Employees will host their fifth annual Steps Forward Day on April 5, 2019. The program launched its Steps Forward Employee Volunteer program in 2015 to give back to the communities LCRA serves.

The Galveston District-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining a list of potential flood control measures that might be pursued as part of a Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study.