Lawmakers of both parties agree that Texas is running out of water. One Lubbock Republican is crusading to revive a failed 1960s solution.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has notified all customers in Leary, Texas to boil their water due to ...

The Texas Water Company, or TWC, announced on March 19 it would be denying water service to nine planned development projects ...

Desalination can create millions of gallons of fresh water a day. But it is expensive and there are many environmental ...

Texas lawmakers agree now is the time to invest ... maintenance and new capacity to support the City of Houston’s water utility system." ...

The legislation would put new requirements on wind and solar companies that oil and gas companies in Texas do not face.

In West Odessa, a community that has outgrown its existing water system, residents must outsource their water.

Less restrictive rules are also in place in other parts of its service area. In Texas, water utilities have geographic areas where they have the exclusive right and obligation to provide service ...

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Utility officials have attributed the water ... In 2023, Perry helped create the Texas Water Fund — a fund in the state treasury administered by the Texas Water Development Board — and voters ...

Behind this effort is El Paso Water, the utility that serves 220,000 homes, businesses and government agencies in far West ...

More and more people are flocking to Texas — making it one of the fastest ... which is trying to get more residents connected to the local water utility. Patti Kappauf founded the group last ...