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Texas Tribune: Can Texas clean up fracking water enough to use for farming? One company thinks so.
The Texas Legislature has also invested millions in research to clean the fracking wastewater. Critics say it’s not a viable solution to the state’s water crisis. Meanwhile, skeptics warn the effort is not a solution at all. Decisions regarding produced
Dallas Morning News: Opinion: Texas water bills should prioritize fixing aging infrastructure
Written by Evgenia Spears, the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter water program coordinator. We can’t afford to gamble with taxpayer dollars on these risky and expensive approaches. Texas needs to focus on proven, cost-effective solutions. For example, water recycling — a
Desalination in Texas: Context, Considerations & Recommendations
The population and economy of Texas are growing at an unprecedented rate and to meet increasing water demands water planners and the Legislature are a considering diverse portfolio of supply sources to meet those needs. As decision-makers and communities consider
Texas Tribune: Store, harvest, fix: How Texas can save its water supply
Conservation Many water experts say that conservation is the first line of defense. Cyrus Reed, a longtime environmental lobbyist at the Texas Capitol and conservation director for the state’s Sierra Club, called conservation “the most conservative and lowest cost approach”
Texas Tribune: Lawmakers push to spend billions of dollars for water projects and debate which ones to prioritize
Where would new water supplies come from? Texas is looking to desalination to remove salt from seawater or brackish groundwater to create more water for drinking, irrigation and industrial uses. Another strategy would be treating produced water, which is wastewater
Fort Worth Report: Arlington lawmaker seeks seawater desalination study to quench Texas water issues
Debate over desalination, fixes to state’s water issues Jennifer Walker, the director of the Texas Coast and Water Program at the National Wildlife Federation, said the state should first try conservation and fixing broken pipes, which could save millions of
Galveston News: Guest commentary: We must invest in natural flood-control solutions
For more than a decade, communities have looked to the proposed “Ike Dike,” a federally funded flood gate system, as a solution. But discussions about resilience often overlook a key tool: natural infrastructure. Green spaces, wetlands, and living shorelines protect
Celebrating Texas’ First-Ever State Flood Plan
On August 15th, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) will consider adopting the state’s first-ever comprehensive flood plan—a historic milestone in our collective efforts to safeguard Texas communities from the increasing threat of floods. Flooding impacts Texas in a big
