Vol 1, Issue 16

A proposal to amend the state Constitution to fund water projects in Texas is bringing together strange bedfellows both in support of and in opposition to the measure.

Half of Texans say they’d vote to approve $2 billion in additional water infrastructure financing this November, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.

In a new television ad produced by the Water Texas PAC, baseball hall of famer Nolan Ryan advocates for Proposition 6, a water financing measure on the November ballot. 

After recent rains, the Lower Colorado River Authority has halted its plan to manage low water levels in the Highland Lakes by cutting off water to Matagorda Bay.

Banks of the San Marcos River are being restored as part of a broader push to protect the Edwards Aquifer and endangered aquatic wild rice.

Scientists say a new technology — involving a material derived from vegetable oil — could save billions of gallons of water from evaporation in Texas. But the technology has faced a rocky path to implementation.

The next event in the Texas Water Symposium series will be held Thursday at Schreiner University in Kerrville.

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