exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

The project area spans the watershed for the West Fork between Lake Conroe and the confluence with Spring Creek, right above Lake Houston. It includes everything upstream of that confluence, including Lake Creek, which is the primary northern tributary to the West Fork. Bringing the water's content of fecal waste up to meet the state standard is a main goal of the WPP, according to Bower.

It’s been nine months since Hurricane Harvey’s record rainfall wreaked havoc on the state of Texas, and now much of the state is in drought. At the same time, more than 15 percent of the Western United States is in extreme drought, up from practically zero percent a year ago.  Around the world, many regions are experiencing drought, groundwater depletion, and municipal water shortages.

EARLY, Texas (KRBC) -- A three-year process has finally coming to fruition.

The City of Early's new waste water treatment plant is officially online, spreading across 145 acres!

"This is a 50 year-plus project that we won't have to have very little maintenance costs on it," Assistant city administrator Larry McConn said.

It is a $6 million investment, made possible from a loan from the Texas Water Development Board that is bringing cleaner water to the city.

A seawater desalination plant is in the initial planning stages for construction in the Corpus Christi area, according to a public notice from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality posted May 7. In Texas, desalination has often been earmarked as a source of water that can stand up to significant drought, and Texas Water Development Board records…

The drought has gone on long enough here in South Texas, however, many crops may not recover,  even with rain.

There's always a breaking point with crops when it comes to rain, a day when they can still be replanted or maybe come back with a decent yield. For corn and sorghum, that day has already passed.

Hurricane season starts June 1st, and a Post-Harvey Houston has already cultivated a pool of potential flood mitigation projects. One of them is massive underground tunnels, to divert storm waters from flood-prone watersheds into the Houston Ship Channel.

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SEGUIN — The Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Watershed Partnership is hosting a Lone Star Healthy Streams Workshop May 24 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Guadalupe County, 210 E. Live Oak St., Seguin.

The workshop is free and lunch will be provided. The program begins at 10 a.m. and will conclude by 3 p.m.

Improving infrastructure for a rapidly growing area is a primary factor in the Alliance Regional Water Authority’s (ARWA) plan to construct a $227.75 million-plus wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) facility. While the price tag is high, Kyl

The information gathered Wednesday night was to be used to develop the scope of the material needed for environmental documentation.

Sponsors make this annual event possible through monetary donations, volunteer hours, donated water, traffic control and other in-kind services. The 2018 sponsors are the City of Corsicana, Navarro County Commissioners Court, Texas A&M Agri life Extension Service – Navarro County, Exxon-Mobil, Extension Waste Management Committee, Navarro County Sheriff’s Department, Tarrant Regional Water District, Community National Bank, Texas Clean Rivers Program – Trinity River Authority, Firestone Building Products, Ag Texas, Navarro County Adult Probation, Navarro County Juvenile Probation, Republic Services, City National Bank and Prosperity Bank.

PONDER, Texas -- Some residents in the small town of Ponder have complained about the water quality over the last several months. Residents complained of a heavy chlorine smell, rashes, and itchiness during showers.

“There were rashes in different spots. [Her daughter] had it on her legs and was really itchy,” said Meghan Avigliano.

Avigliano first felt the rashes late last year. The town of Ponder said it was first made aware of the complaints at the beginning of the year.

“I feel it instantly. I feel it as soon as the water hits me,” Meghan said.

Ponder has six wells that draw from the Trinity Aquifer. Gary Morris, the Public Works Director of Ponder, says before that water reaches homes it is chlorine-treated.

To fund the next phase of a permanent raw water intake project in Lake Travis, the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority is applying for financial assistance from the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, or SWIFT.

In order to ask for the SWIFT loan from the Texas Water Development Board, Cedar Park and Leander must approve a resolution authorizing the request, according to Cedar Park documents.

Cedar Park, Leander and Round Rock first met in 2005 to develop a three-phase regional water system that would deliver water to the cities for the next 50 years, and in 2007 the three cities formed the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority.

May 11, 2018: What started as a few North Texas residents noticing a strange taste and smell in their drinking water ignited into a larger public discussion when Erin Brockovich, a well-known environmental activist, weighed in on social media to criticize the practices the North Texas Municipal Water District uses to disinfect its

Drought has long been a reality in Texas, and while the last few years have been wetter and lakes have refilled, the most recent drought of record isn’t that far removed. And the next one may not be too far away.

Texas is a bellwether for water debates across the nation as a whole, as journalist Seamus McGraw argues in his new book, “A Thirsty Land: The Making of an American Water Crisis.”

The state is helping the Kempner Water Supply Corporation work toward compliance after the regional water group was hit with a violation April 30 for elevated chemical levels in its drinking water supply.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality cited the corporation for haloacetic acid levels higher than the Environmental Protection Agency-mandated limits in four tests March 1. In one sample, chemical levels were nearly three times higher than the limit of 0.06 milligrams per liter.

One East Texas town is taking the extra step tonight by paying a team of professional divers to clean their water well system. The 15 foot well, located just south of the town of Trinity, brings water up from a spring and delivers it to every home inside the city limits.Even though the state doesn't require cities to clean their wells, only for them to be inspected annually, the city still decided to make the call.

SARA has scheduled a public meeting where residents can learn more about the plan for a prescribed burn along the Mission Reach section of the San Antonio River Walk.