Vol 4, Issue 19

Texas regulators last year documented 276 new cases of groundwater contamination, a slight increase compared to 2014 but far fewer than in years past.

Mark Miller, a Libertarian candidate for Texas railroad commissioner, is taking the commission to task for its failure to track toxic injections into underground zones that could hold drinking water.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Brian Kamisato, a deputy district engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District.

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

Key meetings and events over the coming weeks.

The presence of red tide, the lethal algal bloom, has been confirmed in the coastal waters of the Padre Island National Seashore by Texas Parks and Wildlife experts.

A coalition of water-related organizations has lauded the U.S. Senate for passing the Water Resources Development Act, which authorizes investment by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the nation's water infrastructure.

A dispute over water in India's Silicon Valley has escalated into violent protests, during which one demonstrator was shot and killed by police.

The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment is one of four recipients of the John Covert Watson Award for Vision, presented by the Children in Nature Collaborative of Austin.

The Coastal Land legacy Initiative, funded by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, will help private landowners conserve their working lands with agricultural conservation easements.

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