Vol 5, Issue 6

Ranchers, city officials and environmentalists testified on Tuesday against a bill that would prevent cities from banning plastic grocery bags or charging a fee for them.

In this week's Q&A, we interview Carlos Rubinstein, chairman of the Texas Water Foundation.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Sea Power.

Key meetings and events over the coming weeks.

The Texas Water Journal invited the chairmen of the legislative panels overseeing water policy to lay out their session priorities.

In conjunction with World Water Day, the International Business Times notes that 1.8 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water.

The West Texas Water Symposium, which will include talks on aquifers, springs and connecting lands as well as water law, policy and management, will be held in Alpine on April 22.

Texas environmental programs that deal with pesticides, pollution, public water systems and waste disposal would be hit hard by budget cuts to the EPA.

The condition of water infrastructure in the U.S. has been graded as just above failing by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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