exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

Water experts from across the state of Texas will gather for the 7th Annual Water Reuse Texas Conference. WateReuse Texas, the Water Environment Association of Texas, and the Texas American Water Works Association are co-sponsoring the event.

WICHITA FALLS, TX (KAUZ) - More funding to help prevent, reduce, and eliminate water pollution has been awarded to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $2 million to the TCEQ to provide help in monitoring, standard-setting, enforcement, and compliance activities for the state's water pollution control program.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is best known for its roadways. Motorists traveling around Texas are likely to run across TxDOT employees refurbishing or building long stretches of road to improve our main source of transportation throughout the state. But did you know that TxDOT also handles railways and another mode of transportation that gives ships along the Gulf Coast the ability to deliver and transport goods to and from Texas ports each day?

Austin — The Texas Senate today passed Senate Bill (SB) 965 by Senator Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, which would help support law enforcement efforts to protect the San Marcos River and ensure public safety. SB 965 would allow voters in counties along the river to approve the creation of water recreation safety zones where the counties could impose fees of up to $4 per person for rental of water recreation equipment, shuttle service or river ingress or egress service. The zones would be limited to areas adjacent to the river, and funding generated by the fees would be used to support additional law enforcement in the zones.

It’s that time of year again, when anglers line up on the Concho River downtown and wait for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hatchery truck to arrive. The Neighborhood Fishin’ Program started back up this past Friday in San Angelo with a stocking of about 600 channel catfish averaging 12 inches in the Concho River between Oakes Street and Irving Street.

Houston's flooding problems may make headlines, but there is another water issue beneath the surface. Regional aquifers, a lifeline for the area, are being increasingly strained, raising the threat of flooding as more and more land is lost to subsidence. A massive new $3B project will carry water more than 40 miles to ease the burden on Houston's aquifers, fundamentally shifting how many Houstonians get their water.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Any Houstonian who's ever stalled out in a rush-hour gully washer, swatted mosquitoes on a humid summer afternoon or hauled soggy carpet to the curb after a neighborhood flash flood will be forgiven for thinking the supply of water is one thing they needn't worry about.

Any Houstonian who's ever stalled out in a rush-hour gully washer, swatted mosquitoes on a humid summer afternoon or hauled soggy carpet to the curb after a neighborhood flash flood will be forgiven for thinking the supply of water is one thing they needn't worry about. In 1939, government scientists reassured residents the local water table should be fine even if average pumpage should reach 50 million gallons daily.