21 Applicants Approved in First Round of SWIFT Loans
The Texas Water Development Board has details on the 21 applicants receiving money from the first round of funding for water projects approved by voters in 2013. Full Story
The Texas Water Development Board has details on the 21 applicants receiving money from the first round of funding for water projects approved by voters in 2013. Full Story
West Nile Virus has been found in mosquitoes in New York City, prompting authorities to take measures to prevent its spread to humans and ensure there aren't any cases this year. Full Story
A brain-eating amoeba that causes an often fatal disease has been found in the water supply of St. Bernard Parish, which is close to New Orleans. Full Story
With the legislative session now done, the Texas Agriculture Law Blog looks at the agriculture bills that lawmakers considered or passed this session that touched on groundwater and surface water issues. Full Story
Conservationists are learning that with the unpredictable shifts in the landscape that come with climate change, restoring ecosystems must also include making them resilient. Full Story
The Summer 2015 Water Rights Analysis Package Users Group Meeting, which will include discussions on modeling environmental flows and water availability, will be held in Austin on July 24. Full Story
The amount of water used in the U.S. for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, increased by 28 times in the last 14 years, a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey found. Full Story
The victor of the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race along the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers to the Gulf of Mexico, was a team paddling the appropriately named Texas Flood — with a time of 34 hours, 58 minutes. Full Story
As the drought eases in Texas, the Texas Water Development Board is hoping to fund water projects like reservoirs, pipelines and desalination plants through selling $8 billion in bonds in the next decade. Full Story
A recent study has found that almost a third of the largest aquifers in the world are losing water faster than they're being replenished, with some losing volume rapidly. Full Story