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The Nueces River Authority shared details with Corpus Christi City Council on Harbor Island desalination, an alternative water supply option.

Even though the project was first proposed 57 years ago, construction hasn't started on the Marvin Nichols Reservoir.

After months of worrying about dry conditions, North Texas finally got a break thanks to a generous rainfall. According to the Fort Worth Report, North Texas saw enough rain during mid-June to mid-July to fill up most of the key lakes and reservoirs managed by the Tarrant Regional Water District. Some spots, like Benbrook Lake and Richland Chambers Reservoir, got more than 150% of their usual water capacity. That's a big deal, especially with summer heat on the way.

Work was recently paused on the $1.2B inner harbor desalination project. County Commissioner Mike Pusley talks about the effects of the standstill.

Officials in Dumas are sounding the alarm over drought conditions, advising residents that the city is under Stage 4 of its drought contingency plan. Moore County Emergency Management said on Saturday that the city of Dumas is having "significant water drop issues."

 In the wake of the devastating flash floods on July 4 that claimed the lives of 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic, Texas state agencies are reassessing their emergency management strategies. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, among others, has been analyzing its response to the severe weather event.

A wealthy Dallas investor named Kyle Bass wanted to pump 10 billion gallons of groundwater a year from the aquifer below the community, roughly three times what Anderson County used annually. Then he planned to pipe it to other parts of the state facing a shortage.

READ: How a Dallas investor's East Texas water grab triggered a statewide battle

Barton Creek, one of Texas’ urban creeks pristine enough to swim in, snakes westward into the Hill Country. For the last four summers, the creek south of Sculpture Falls hasn’t seen water. The banks are thick with native plants, claiming more of the riverbed for their territory. In the middle of the karst limestone creekbed, where water once flowed, someone has left an upholstered leather armchair. The seat is worn.

Nearly two months after the devastating flood that killed 13 people in San Antonio, Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert said adding detention and retention facilities for storm water must be considered, especially in the Perrin-Beitel and Loop 410 corridor.

The Fourth of July flood bore a striking similarity to the Hill Country flood that killed 10 summer campers in 1987. In the following years, officials took little action to protect against the next storm.

A brackish groundwater contract to shore up Corpus Christi's water supply may be close on the horizon. City staff are anticipated to return to the City Council in upcoming weeks with terms of a potential agreement for consideration to purchase as much as $169 million in water rights on nearly 23,000 acres in the Sinton area.

After years of analysis, Burnet’s water system looks to be robust enough to handle current and future residents. More work will be needed, depending on the direction the city's growth takes, but leaders hope to responsibly manage development as it happens. 

Legislators filed the flood response proposals after hearing from officials, experts and Central Texas residents during emotional committee meetings in Austin and Kerrville in July.

Authorities cleaned up 6,800 barrels of crude oil from a broken pipeline just north of Lake Arlington in May, according to a spokesperson for the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s 4,200 more barrels than the estimate the company responsible previously reported to the agency. The EPA’s report was published on May 14.

The City of Zavalla has issued a boil water notice following a suspected tampering incident involving the city water tank.

SpaceX is building a water pipeline to support its expanding Starbase operations in South Texas, offering local homeowners access in exchange for perpetual evacuation agreements during launches and tests. This highlights tensions between corporate growth and community autonomy, potentially setting precedents for spaceport developments.

The city says repairs won't be done until tonight, and in the meantime is asking residents to limit water usage.

Bexar County and San Antonio officials have announced a $20 million program aimed at improving flood infrastructure and warning systems in South-Central Texas.