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Hours away from a contentious court hearing over a proposed sewage treatment plant, Concerned Citizens for the Health and Safety of Victoria ended its fight Monday to flush the project.  Victoria City Council agreed to 11 conditions with the citizens group ranging from annual water tests to landscaping.

GARWOOD, Texas (AP) — A pair of old gravel pits on the fringes of this South Texas town may spell the future of water supplies in the Colorado River basin.

Contract disputes among the Lower Colorado River Authority and a handful of Central Texas utilities, including one owned by the City of Georgetown, have caught the attention of Wall Street.

About a month ago, the city of San Angelo was ready to rush into drought level 3, severely restricting outside watering.

The Texas Water Development Board will loan $2 million to the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District to modernize irrigation in the district, doubling the amount the district got last year.

The Department of Civil Engineering and Tarrant Regional Water District’s $2.3 billion project to build a new 150-mile-long pipeline will bring more water to the North Texas region.

The state has a crop of relatively new legislators, and between roads, water and school finances, they will have a lot to learn and do.

Although water restrictions have been lifted, home and business owners are encouraged not to water more than twice a week.

Texas is confronting a looming water crisis that state leaders have been slow to address, even though the problem has been out in the open for years.

Dry conditions in two-thirds of the Lone Star State is hurting both rice farmers and business owners...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces that the 2011 and 2010 reigning champions, Terminal Velocity from the Virginia Water...Third Place: TRA CReWSers.

The recent article by Ross McSwain and a previous letter to the editor suggest that public resources should be used to control brush because doing so will increase water for San Angelo.

Having been blessed to live here in the piney woods of East Texas, we have also been blessed with an abundance of natural resources.

Departments are working to address the population increase problem in the North Texas region over the years, said Mohammad Najafi, civil engineering assistant professor. ...