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Worms Invade Neighborhood Drinking Water
Residents from the Woodland Acres Subdivision near Houston, Texas, are dealing with wormy tap water after a power outage disrupted services at...
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News Briefs: City Drops Wastewater Reuse Project
As heavy springtime rains brought relief from the drought that gripped north Texas, the City of Wichita Falls has pulled back from...
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News Briefs: Santa Barbara to Restart Desalination Plant
City Council Votes to Reactivate Desalination Plant
Santa Barbara City Council members voted unanimously July 21 in favor of spending $55 million to...
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News Briefs: How Much Marijuana is in Wastewater?
In Washington state, researchers hope to glean a little information about pot use by studying wastewater in two separate cities. The pilot...
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News Briefs: ‘Drought Proof’ City Targets Brackish Water
In El Paso, Texas, drought is driving the city’s water agenda. A new project, which was recently approved by the El Paso...
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San Antonio's Project Agua Provides Water Bill Relief
Few things are as precious to humankind as water. But that water becomes an even more precious commodity when you can’t afford...
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10 Images From Flood-Weary Houston
After a nearly five-year drought, Texas swung abruptly in the other direction as torrential rains caused deadly flooding this week. The storms...
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News Briefs: Vandalism to Lift Station Project Not Covered by City's Insurance
Vandalism at a city lift station project in Waterloo, Iowa, will cost taxpayers close to $44,000.Though the city has a grant from the...
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Holiday Weekend Flash Floods Hammer Houston
Updated Tuesday, May 27 (7:51 a.m.)
At least 19 people are dead and 11 people are still missing after record rainfall in Texas and parts of Oklahoma caused...
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Is the Texas Drought Finally Over?
While California is in the midst of one of its worst droughts ever, the State of Texas is finally emerging from its...
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Sinkhole Severs Sewers, Wipes Out Lift Station
Public Works officials at the City of Granbury (Texas) are surveying the damage left behind by a 45-foot-wide, 30-foot-deep sinkhole in the parking lot...
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News Briefs: Water Main Break Blamed for Disruption at Preakness
Prior to racehorse American Pharoah securing the second jewel of the Triple Crown in the Preakness Stakes this past Saturday a number of...
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Fort Worth Flooding Reveals Needs, and Results
In most parts of the country, flood forecasts are made days and even weeks in advance. Not so in central Texas. Known...



















