Vol 2, Issue 1

Unlike the rest of the state, the Texas Gulf Coast has been working for decades to reduce dependency on groundwater because pumping has caused the land to sink. 

The Lower Colorado River Authority's board has tapped Phil Wilson, the Texas Department of Transportation's executive director, to be the agency's new general manager.

The fish, shrimp, crabs and oysters that inhabit Matagorda Bay are getting harder and harder to find for those who seek them for their livelihood. 

Researchers say the "plastisphere" — marine ecosystems of floating trash — may provide platforms for pathogens and leach dangerous chemicals into the water.

Three water parks in drought-stricken Texas lead a list of new water parks to open around the world in 2014.

In 2013, farmers and ranchers in the American Southwest experienced an up-and-down year when it came to water.

Texas is losing billions of gallons of water each year to aging water pipes. The loss in Houston last fiscal year was 22.4 billion gallons — some 15 percent of its water usage and enough to supply 383,000 residents for a year.

Using data from the Texas Water Development Board's reservoir status tracker, our auto-updating map visualizes the current state of Texas reservoirs.