Vol 3, Issue 25

As the Blanco River rose rapidly in the early hours of May 24th, phones around Wimberley — most of which had 512 area codes — received urgent text alerts: danger, flooding, seek shelter. Laura McComb, who had a 361 area code, did not receive any such text.

Negotiators from nearly 200 nations, including the United States, struck an unprecedented climate agreement on Saturday that could have big implications for Texas — and also face big pushback from state leaders.

Legislation aimed at resolving a dispute over who owns land along the Texas side of the Red River has cleared the U.S. House. But the White House has threatened to veto it. 

In this week's Q&A, we interview Lucas Gregory, a project specialist and the quality assurance officer at the Texas Water Resources Institute at Texas A&M University. 

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Planet Remade.

Pressure is building on the Lewisville Lake Dam, which lies 34 miles upstream from Dallas.

The discovery last month of giant salvinia in the waters of Lake Fork, the state's famous largemouth bass fishery, has highlighted the growing problem of invasive non-native plants taking hold in the state's freshwater ecosystems.

Environmental researchers are using wastewater from a treatment plant to restore the soil in an abandoned industrial  site near Chicago.

Researchers have reported that combining iodized table salt with chloraminated tap water (water to which the disinfectant chloramine has been added) in cooking may result in a toxin known as hypoiodous acid.

With some of the highest growth rates in the country and limited water resources, the Hill Country is experiencing issues that pose new challenges for landowners.

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