- Water advocates are calling for dedicated funding for water projects in the upcoming legislative session. "Water infrastructure is often underground and out of sight. These issues don’t really blow up until you have a severe drought that lowers your water supplies. Or... if we have another boil-water notice."
- As a polar vortex hit Texas earlier this week, here is a guide on how to protect your home from freezing temperatures and keep your pipes from bursting!
- Wastewater testing helps us keep track of the spread of COVID-19, and now it could do the same for the H5N1 bird flu virus. But testing needs to happen in rural areas, where livestock and poultry farms are located.
- Governor Greg Abbott is reportedly considering purchasing excess water from Houston to supply West Texas communities, where dried-up aquifers have led to increased water demands.
- TWDB's latest drought map shows 44% of the state in drought, with the most severe conditions in West Texas.