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May 30, 2018: Chemicals measured in North Texas drinking water in March were probably not the cause of skin rashes and other adverse health problems reported that month by some area residents, state regulators have concluded. As part of its investigation into 281 resident complaints from March, the Texas Commission on

Texas' droughts haven't slowed down, and neither has the state's growth. It's time to take a close look at how much of our limited water supply is used on lawns and what we can do about it. Studies have found that homeowners tend to water their lawns two to three times more than they need to. This wasted water could be used to serve current and future North Texans, leaving water in our rivers for fish and wildlife.

Corpus Christi (Nueces County) – The Port of Corpus Christi Authority submitted an application to the Texas Commission on Environment Quality for a discharge permit for a desalination plant. The proposed Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System would provide for the discharge of pre-treatment system water and reverse osmosis reject water. This is a preliminary step in the early planning phase for a new desalination plant.

Riverbend Water Resources District is getting closer to determining a location for a new intake structure on Wright Patman Lake, which is needed because of the lake's sedimentation.

Liz Fazio Hale, the district's executive director/CEO, said she expects to hear back from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in June or July at the latest.

To meet projected growth in Montgomery County, the San Jacinto River Authority originally entered into an agreement with the Trinity River Authority in 2013 for raw water supplies from Lake Livingston which will be piped into Lake Conroe in the future.

Since the contract was signed, the Groundwater Reduction Plan (GRP) Division of the SJRA has assumed responsibility of the annual option fee payment of $237,500, but recently voted to no longer pay the option with the understanding that SJRA would either terminate or retain the agreement, paying the fee through the authority’s Raw Water Enterprise (RWE.)

The Cedar Ridge Reservoir has the potential to bring millions of gallons of water into the West Texas water supply.Water in West Texas hasn't always been the easiest to come by, but is another water source necessary?In 2005, then-Abilene Mayor Norm Archiba

SAN ANTONIO -- Along with being pretty to look at, the San Pedro Creek Culture Park is also a major flood control and drainage project. The rain on Sunday was the first we've seen since the park opened on May 5, so Spectrum News went out to see how it worked. "This is a flood control project and it did handle the rain very well," said SARA Senior Engineer Kerry Averyt.

ODESSA -- The City of Odessa is warning residents ahead of time that a temporary disinfection method may cause water to smell like bleach or chlorine.

According to a release, the process will begin with the water supply on Friday, June 1 and will continue for 30 days.

The City says that there is no reason to be concerned over the water because of the smell.

We live in a veritable desert.

Yet the waters of Stillhouse Hollow seem bottomless as jet skis and sailboats revel on this sunny Memorial Day weekend.

“This is a semi-arid region, just look at the isoclines as you go east,” said Tim Brown, Bell County commissioner for Precinct 2.  

Brown was referring to a U.S. with wetter regions to the east and northeast. The northwest region of the U.S. also has high precipitation totals.

GEORGETOWN —

The South San Gabriel River was so clear as it flowed past Frank and LaWann Tull’s house on Waterford Lane in Georgetown that they held baptisms for their church in April 2016 and April 2017. But this year they couldn’t.

Program for watershed coordinators, water professionals June 4-5 Contact: Nathan Glavy, 979-458-5915, nathan.glavy@ag.tamu.edu AUSTIN --The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, is hosting a Fundamentals of Developing a Water Quality Monitoring Plan workshop June 4-5 in Austin for watershe

The documentation for the Salt Creek Park project is finally reaching a close after the Graham City Council approved a contract Tuesday with the Brazos River Authority to transfer $1.3 million to the city and portions of land to the BRA with a waiver of flooding liability.

In October 2017, progress was being made on the Salt Creek Park project with a contract that took the Army Corps of Engineers out of the picture, but contractual problems halted the project when the BRA wanted certain liability from flooding almost throughout the city. The new negotiations made by new City Attorney Dan De La Cruz have removed that blanket liability from the contract, City Manager Brandon Anderson said.

The now quiet, serene movement of the water down the Trinity River is deceptive. While its ebb and flow, and rising and falling levels usually go unnoticed, lurking in the waters and along its banks is possibly an unrecognizable danger brought on by the torrential rain from Hurricane Harvey, and there's nothing that can be done about it.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Lake Travis levels continue to drop and it’s not looking good in the coming months.

Water preservation activists are already calling on lawmakers to take a closer look at the Highland Lakes and help protect them in times of drought. 

For 2018, EP Water officials say they are investing $75 million to replace aging water and wastewater lines, rehabilitate wells and reservoirs, and make much needed upgrades to various facilities.

El Paso Water maintains over 2,653 miles of water lines buried beneath the city – enough to stretch from El Paso to the tip of Maine –  and crews are always working to upgrade the elaborate system.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has designated Malakoff's water system “superior,” according to a press release.

“The city of Malakoff, its council, staff and water treatment operators take great pride in providing Malakoff residents quality drinking water through the operation of a reliable and compliant public water system as required by the state of Texas,” the press release shows.