As Texas’s population booms and the state grows hotter and drier, it’s more important than ever to understand: Who’s wasting our water? Every day buried pipes across Texas spill water into
When the San Antonio Water System pitched the Vista Ridge pipeline, the utility called it a “game-changing water project.” SAWS officials promoted the $2.8 billion project as a crucial step
Texas’ most populous cities lost roughly 88 billion gallons of water last year because of aging water infrastructure and extreme heat, costing them millions of dollars and straining the state’s
The first full draft of the [state flood] plan from the Texas Water Development Board, a 267-page report that drew on input from 15 volunteer-led regional groups, showed that over 5 million
Galveston Island is vulnerable to sea level rise, and a new report emphasizes the need for more nature-based solutions. The Climate Resilient Galveston report released this week by the National Wildlife Federation
Galveston Island is no stranger to extreme weather events. From the Great Storm of 1900, which still holds the record for the deadliest storm in the U.S., to Hurricane Ike
This op-ed appeared in Next City in collaboration with the Rio Grande International Studies Center. (Photo Credit: RGISC/Harvard) South Texas is facing a water crisis decades in the making. Much
More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible to flooding, according to a draft of the state’s first-ever flood
Texans have two more weeks to tell the state how they want it to spend the $1 billion water infrastructure fund approved by voters in November. Why it matters: The Texas
During the 2023 legislative session, the Texas Living Waters team worked hard to shape the passage of Senate Bill 28. This bill created the Texas Water Fund and the New
Nearly 6 million Texans live in a flood plain– one in every five residents. But for decades, the state has relied on a patchwork of local and regional policies to
Austin, Texas—A Travis County District Court Judge ruled in favor of the National Wildlife Federation, reversing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s decision to issue a water rights permit to
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