exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

Four months after major flooding in the Hill Country, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department began a year-long fish recovery and habitat survey in October on the Guadalupe, Llano, Nueces, Pedernales, and San Saba rivers.

Texas voters will decide Tuesday whether the state should continue spending $1 billion a year to secure the state’s water supply. Part of that investment will be spent to find new water supply.

The Texas Data Center Market Has 448 data centers, operated by 127 providers, according to Baxtel.com which tracks data centers and their development. Baxtel reports the Texas data center market uses 9,402 megawatts of electricity which is equivalent to approximately 7.8 million homes, assuming continuous full-capacity generation and average U.S. household electricity use. And more data centers are being built for Texas.

Round Rock reminds residents that winter water use from November to February determines next year’s wastewater rates and offers tips to help lower bills.

After years of planning and $1.2 billion in work, Port Authority finished its share of the Houston Ship Channel expansion - widening the Galveston Bay reach to keep the nation's busiest port moving.

The Legislature included $20 million in direct funding for the City of Amarillo toward the Hollywood Road wastewater plant in the last legislative session. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, the city approved a resolution to obtain the funding from the Texas Water Development Board, which will administer it.

It’s a $3 million debt that Hillsboro has accumulated over the years from the Aquilla Water Supply District. And now it’s time to pay.

The funds come from the Texas Water Development Board’s SWIFT program and will be repaid over a 30-year period [...] The expansion will increase treatment capacity by 20 million gallons per day [...].

City officials, representatives from the Texas General Land Office and project partners gathered Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, on Tram Road to celebrate the start of the E163 Sewer Rehabilitation Project, a major investment in Dayton’s wastewater infrastructure.

One of the largest petrochemical and refining hubs along the Gulf Coast is facing its most severe water shortage in history, raising concerns among industrial and residential consumers.

Corpus Christi, Texas, has been under major drought restrictions since last December. And city water officials estimate they’ll reach a Level 1 water emergency late next year — a status triggered when the city has 180 days before water demand outstrips water supply.

On Friday, Canton’s City Council voted unanimously to stop moving forward with the proposed Grand Saline reservoir project. The plan had already been approved twice—once in 2015 and again in 2020—by the Region D Water Development Board.

It's designed to help with Houston flooding. KHOU 11 traffic expert Jennifer Reyna got an exclusive look at the project in progress.

The permit will allow the release of up to 1 million gallons of treated wastewater per day into Helotes Creek.

The proposed rate increase translates to a projected revenue of $74,916.67 per month for the city, which includes funds to build the water and sewer reserve for costly emergency repairs, Peart said.

A boil water notice remains in place for Rio Bravo and El Cenizo as Webb County officials work to resolve water quality issues that prompted the precautionary measure.

Freeport issues boil water notice for Slaughter Road area after valve repair. No contamination found yet residents should boil water; test results expected within 24 hours.

CC Polymers has declined to move forward with a city proposal to acquire its desalination facility, one of many deals the city had hoped would help address Corpus Christi's water emergency.

This year's River Clicks Photo Contest hosted by the San Antonio River Authority had the largest amount of submissions yet! The winning pictures are on display now at the Witte Museum and online right now.