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Water

How Texas Could End Up Paying Billions to an Israeli Company for Water

IDE Technologies hopes to revolutionize—and privatize—the state’s supply of water.

by Dylan Baddour and Arcelia Martin

Keep Reading

Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant

by Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Withholds Water to Wetlands While Lifting Restrictions on Lawns

by Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

by Dylan Baddour

Dawn Buckingham May 21, 2016

Senate Candidates Struggle to Make Waves on Water Issues

In the race to represent SD 24, Republican candidates Susan King and Dawn Buckingham face a difficult balancing act on water conservation and pricing.

by Naveena Sadasivam

May 19, 2016

Water Board Passes Plan To Boost Supply as Texas Grows

by Naveena Sadasivam

state of texas the hills have allies hill country Feb 23, 2016

State of Texas: The Hills Have Allies

by Naveena Sadasivam

son of colonia activist Nelly Curiel Feb 11, 2016

Holding Back the Flood

For activists in the Valley’s colonias, success looks like a drainage ditch.

by Daniel Blue Tyx

Wimberley town hall on water Mar 09, 2015

Hill Country Water Torture

by Forrest Wilder

State of Texas July 2014 Jul 22, 2014

State of Texas: How Much Water Does Texas Really Need?

by Fauzeya Rahman

An oil field south of Odessa, TX. Dec 27, 2013

New Analysis: Fracking Water Use Underestimated in Eagle Ford Shale

by Forrest Wilder

Texas Drought Sep 30, 2013

A River No More

by Jim Bradbury

water Sep 03, 2013

Come And Take It: Court Ruling Dares Regulators to Limit Pumping

by Forrest Wilder

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