Vol 4, Issue 9

Two days after U.S. Sen. John Cornyn filed legislation seeking to expedite a hurricane protection plan for Texas, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber said he expects to introduce a companion bill in the U.S. House in the coming weeks. 

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has filed legislation to expedite a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that will determine how best to protect the Houston region from a devastating hurricane.

The company operating a low-level nuclear waste dump in West Texas on Thursday applied for a license to begin accepting highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Man Who Built the Sierra Club.

Key meetings and events over the coming weeks.

A town hall telephone conference on the subject of dealing with America's failing water infrastructure, sponsored by Circle of Blue, American Public Media and Columbia University, will be held May 11 at 9 a.m.

This year's benefit for the Texas Water Foundation, honoring recently retired chairman of the Texas Water Development Board Carlos Rubinstein, will take place in Austin on May 16.

The American Water Works Association is sponsoring Drinking Water Week, which encourages water professionals and their communities to find ways to recognize the vital role water plays in daily lives.

A researcher from the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health has found that three compounds that are often found in wells in rural agricultural areas may be linked to birth defects.

The World Bank has issued a report that says threats to water supplies may be the most damaging effect of climate change.

Researchers have found that Spring Lake may be much older than previously thought and that human habitation of the area may extend further back in history.

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