The big water issues facing Texas: drought, development, and inequitable water risk, all need major policy solutions that rely on effective planning and implementation. Texas Living Waters is at the center of a wide variety of efforts to ensure these solutions move forward and benefit all the communities and ecosystems of Texas. We do this by convening large coalitions of stakeholder organizations to advocate for policy reform and by working with regional and local planning groups to ensure an equitable, localized, and secure water future emerges across the state.
Browse our projects, publications, and resources below to find out more about our work on this issue. And contact one of our listed experts to find out more and get involved!
PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Legislative Priorities
Texas Policy Recommendations: General Program Activities under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
Climate Resilient Galveston
Texas Living Waters Strategic Plan 2023-2027
2022 Impact Report
A Winning Trade: How Water Markets Can Benefit Texans & the Environment
Seizing the moment for investing in Texas’ water infrastructure
2023 Legislative Priorities
Hidden Reservoirs: Addressing Water Loss in Texas
Ensuring One Water Works for All: Opportunities for Realizing Water Reuse in Affordable Housing
RESOURCES
KEY TEAM MEMBERS
DASHBOARDS
On paper, Texas is home to a robust set of proactive, adaptive protections of freshwater flow levels in river basins and bays and estuaries. In practice, these protections vary greatly between basins and bays.
Dive into our up-to-date, one-of-a-kind dashboard to see the status of flow protections in each major individual basin in Texas.
