exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

The 25th annual Basura Bash waterway clean-up happens Saturday. Over the years, volunteers have removed more than 1 million pounds of trash.

Buda’s explosive growth, from about 7,300 people in 2010 to nearly 17,000 today, coupled with a changing climate that brings both floods and drought, means that the city has to carefully manage its water resources.

The Shamrock City Council held a special meeting to address and discuss the city's ongoing water issues on Monday, Feb. 11. A lengthy boil water notice in Oct. 2018, led to the community believing it was time to fix the problem once and for all. "We can’t keep putting lipstick on the pig. We keep patching these things and patching them and another pops up," said a Shamrock resident. The water infrastructure in Shamrock is very old, some dating back to 1909.

Cleanup of what is believed to be the largest jet fuel spill in Houston's history has entered a second week, with portions of Sims Bayou boomed and oily sheen still visible in part of the bayou near I-45 and Howard.

The Texas A&M Forest Service says the Texas Panhandle and parts of western Texas also face a high risk of wildfires. The U.S. Drought Monitor reports conditions are abnormally dry in the areas, resulting in “critical fire weather forecast for the region.”

A California company is seeking to build a $1 billion refinery to make gasoline and diesel near the Permian Basin town of Kermit.

With the memory still fresh of Hurricane Harvey's deadly 2017 assault on the Texas coast, which swamped part of the nation's refining and chemical industry, state lawmakers are looking for ways to prevent devastating future flooding.

The Texas Division of Emergency Management recently awarded $2,708,208 to Harris County to provide necessary funding from FEMA to complete a comprehensive San Jacinto Watershed Master Drainage Plan, according to a San Jacinto River Authority press release.

A Houston oilfield water management company has started operations to recycle wastewater from oil and natural gas sites in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.

The Lower Colorado River Authority tells KXAN their job is to mark hazards in the main channel and it's up to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to remove debris. But the TCEQ only gets involved when the debris threatens bridges, dams and roadways — not when it interferes with recreational use.

Approximately 80 properties in Round Rock West are set to be moved off the 100-year flood plain—or the area that has a one percent chance to flood any given year—in several years after local officials signed off on a deal to build a dam in Round Rock’s most flood-prone area.

 A prairie pothole wetland in Galveston County may look to the naked eye like a field of weeds. There is no open water feature, no flowing creek, not even a visible ditch to transport the waters that collect on them all the way to Galveston Bay.

McKinney residents who live near Wilson Creek are used to seeing drivers try to get past temporary high-water barriers in their neighborhood. City officials hope a new warning system will persuade more motorists to turn around.

A representative from the Lower Colorado River Authority unveiled Feb. 5 how the entity responded to the October flood event and addressed criticism about river management as Lake Marble Falls and LBJ residents continue to recover from the devastation.