Tarrant Regional Water District

The Marty Leonard wetlands, formerly known as the Cedar Creek wetlands, could bring an additional 156 million gallons of water to the Tarrant Regional Water District's service area, which covers 11 counties.

Fort Worth City Council voted unanimously to accept a $650,000 settlement with Blue Sky Surveying & Mapping Feb. 25, ending a multiyear dispute over the accuracy of a survey the city relied on for its new City Hall project.

More than 15 years after the Tarrant Regional Water District began acquiring land to build Panther Island, the agency has taken its first step toward selling its holdings to developers.

Five months after the Tarrant Regional Water District approved the demolition of LaGrave Field, the now-defunct baseball stadium on Fort Worth’s Panther Island will be torn down in mid-November.

As shovels hit dirt to pave the way for Panther Island, the Tarrant Regional Water District plans to spend $45 million on a canal system to support flood control between downtown Fort Worth and Northside. In total, the district anticipates spending about $85 million on the federal flood control project.

The city’s water department expects its budget to increase by $42 million next year to fund infrastructure improvements and testing.

Several board members of the Tarrant Regional Water District cited ongoing safety concerns at LaGrave.

Despite public and private fundraising efforts, Fort Worth is still struggling to find enough dollars to build its long-awaited “trash wheel” — a water wheel capable of removing up to 50,000 pounds of floating waste each day from the Trinity River.

A decade after LaGrave Field hosted its last Fort Worth Cats game, Tarrant Regional Water District board members will vote on whether to demolish the baseball park as part of the agency’s plans for Panther Island.

Shanna Granger accused the agency of terminating an Oktoberfest agreement without due process or a valid reason.

Shanna Granger alleges personal conflicts between Tarrant Regional Water District leadership and the Grangers are central to her lawsuit over a 2022 Oktoberfest event that went all the way to the district appeals court this week.

Residents have until Dec. 1 to weigh in on Marvin Nichols, a reservoir project that has drawn opposition for decades.