Vol 4, Issue 24

The U.S. Justice Department is suing to block the acquisition of Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists, which wants to expand the nuclear waste dump it operates in West Texas.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Vanessa Puig Williams, author of a new article published this week in Texas Water Journal on portions of the state that don't regulate groundwater.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Flood Year 1927.

Key meetings and events over the coming weeks.

The daylong summit, scheduled for Dec. 8 in New Braunfels, aims to promote awareness of the precious water resources of the Texas Hill Country.

A SWIFT Funding Workshop on Water Conservation Projects, with a focus on the Gulf Coast area, will be held Dec. 15 in Richmond.

A new field guide for the remarkable flora and fauna of Spring Lake in San Marcos has just been published by the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University.

A researcher who develops hydrologic models using a tool known as the Soil and Water Assessment Tool, or SWAT, hopes that the tool will change the way land is developed.

The cancer-causing chemical chromium 6 has been found at high levels in Houston's tap water, according to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group.

While many countries have looked to desalination plants as the solution to water shortages, not all plants have proved successful.

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