Texas Water Development Board

L'Oreal Stepney got emotional Thursday during a tense exchange with Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, over considerations of diversity equity and inclusion in the board’s hiring practices.

Water planners in Northeast Texas oppose the reservoir, while those in North Texas say they need it to meet growing water demands.

The state’s flood plan shows which Texans are most at risk of flooding and suggests billions of dollars more are needed for flood mitigation projects.

Texas’ biggest single solution to providing enough water for its soaring population in the coming decades is using more surface water, including about two dozen new large reservoirs. But climate change has made damming rivers a riskier bet.

Citing water quality concerns, the Environmental Protection Agency may refuse to recognize a permit that Texas approved Thursday for a marine desalination plant at the Port of Corpus Christi.

Hundreds of wildfires have broken out this spring. More than a dozen areas are under voluntary or mandatory water use restrictions, and more than 200 Texas counties have been designated as crop disaster areas.

Wildfires have burned more than 58,000 acres across the state. At least one person has died and dozens of homes have burned down.

Disagreeing with Dallas-Fort Worth-area water officials, the Texas Water Development Board decided on Wednesday that a years-long conflict over a…

The drought’s over for now, but not statewide needs for more water. The Texas Water Development Board votes Thursday (7/23) on loans for projects that…

It was an argument the state's top water planning officials had long avoided, over a huge lake that probably won't exist for decades — if ever. But on…

The Texas Water Development Board will soon decide whether to continue planning for the controversial Marvin Nichols Reservoir or take it out of the…

Top elected officials across the state are campaigning hard for Proposition 6, which would create a $2 billion fund to finance water projects. But…