Vol 2, Issue 6

UPDATED: The Texas Water Development Board's executive director issued a final recommendation Monday that the controversial Marvin Nichols reservoir in northeast Texas remain in the state water plan for now.

Texas' drought has sparked discussions on the need to build desalination plants and new reservoirs, but some scientists and water planners want to add "weather modification" to that list. This story was produced in partnership with KUT News. 

In this week's Q&A, we interview Kyle Frazier of the Texas Desalination Association.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Water 4.0 and Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond.

The first Texas Water Symposium of 2014, featuring a conversation between Hill Country landowners and water experts about the the Pedernales River, will be held in Fredericksburg on March 20.

The Resource Institute is sponsoring the Southwest Stream Restoration Conference, to be held May 28-30 in San Antonio.

Doug Shaw, the Texas Water Development Board's first agricultural and rural Texas ombudsman, is helping to spread the word to rural communities about the new State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, for which the board is developing rules.

Disposing of fats, oils and grease (FOG) in the sewer system can clog pipes and cause untreated wastewater to back up into homes and businesses.

A new geometric method of analyzing river boundaries allows scientists not only to reconstruct past landscapes but to predict landscapes of the future.

The paddlefish, whose once-abundant population in Caddo Lake was almost extinguished, is being reintroduced to the lake in a collaborative experiment involving private, state and federal agencies.

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