Vol 2, Issue 20

San Antonio is one step closer to buying some of the most expensive water ever sold in Texas. The city's water utility says the $3.4 billion deal is right for the growing region, but critics say it is risky and premature.  

Texas has long prided itself on providing public access to its beaches, but some fear that a recent court decision — supported by the front-runner to be land commissioner — could endanger that guarantee.

UPDATED: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality voted Wednesday to refer protests over the proposed Lower Bois d'Arc Reservoir in northeast Texas to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. 

In which we review the latest from Colin and Erich's excellent Rio Grande adventure. Check out the dispatches and photos!

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Ron Nirenberg, a San Antonio city councilman.

The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread's new report is the result of an eight-year study undertaken through its Charting New Waters initiative.

Blockages in sewers have become a problem for city water managers around the country, with baby wipes being named the top culprit in clogging pipes, despite manufacturers' claims that the wipes are flushable.

The Devil's River — known as the state's cleanest river and harboring a number of endangered species — has been hit by drought just like most other rivers in Texas. And like those others, it is also vulnerable to overpumping.

Biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in San Marcos have collected a sampling of rare San Marcos salamanders from Spring Lake, once the location of Aquarena Springs.

The city of Shasta Lake in California has determined that water-use violations constitute a misdemeanor punishable by fines of up to $1,000 or jail time up to 30 days, or both.

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