Vol 5, Issue 2

Land around a West Texas roadway used to be flat. Now, it’s fissured, sinking and has cost taxpayers more than a million dollars — all because of a water well that was left unplugged. 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday joked about suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency one last time before President Obama leaves office this week. On Wednesday, he did it again.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday announced he would sue the federal government yet again to block a recently finalized federal rule regulating coal mining near waterways.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Bech Bruun, chairman of the Texas Water Development Board.

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

Key meetings and events over the coming weeks.

Bech Bruun looks back at the development of the regional water planning process, concluding the approach has resulted in reducing the gap between planning and implementation.

The Texas Water Symposium, on creating and maintaining healthy waterways at a community scale, will be held Feb. 23 in San Marcos.

A new report on the 2016 Texas Water Roadmap Forum that develops plans for the state's water future is now available.

A new book and traveling art show, both titled "Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art," celebrate the state's rivers, bayous and bays through words and art.

A controversial plan would place dams on two tributaries of Mississippi's Pascagoula River, known as the last major undammed river system in the lower 48 states.

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