Vol 3, Issue 18

The Obama administration’s controversial new clean water regulations apply in Texas after all. Clarifying an injunction issued last week, a federal judge says he blocked the federal Waters of the U.S. rule in only 13 states. Texas is not one of them.

A Palo Pinto County family is suing two oil and gas operators, alleging that gas from their wells migrated into the family's water well, which exploded and burned them.

A Rice University-based group is proposing an entirely new plan for protecting Houston, its ship channel and its residents from a massive storm surge during the next big hurricane. But consensus remains elusive. 

In this week's Q&A, we interview Rabi Mohtar, Texas A&M University professor as well as founder and director of the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Katrina.

The Texas Water Development Board meets Sept. 9 to discuss, among other issues, the second round of funding requests for the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) financial assistance program.

Four organizations concerned with water issues provided their perspectives on new laws and changes to the state's water policy enacted by the Legislature during the 2015 session.

Property owners along the San Marcos River are seeking regulatory relief from inebriated tubers who float down the river blasting music and shotgunning beer.

Perry Alagappan, 18, of Houston, has invented an award-winning filtering device, built from graphene nanotubes that removes 99 percent of heavy metals from water.

Scientists who surveyed the major glaciers of the North Cascades in Washington found that the mountain range will lose a record amount of glacier ice in 2015, between 5 and 7 percent.

Californians saved about 75 billion gallons of water in July, but reduced water consumption is causing problems, including revenue shortfalls for water suppliers and less wastewater to recycle.

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