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Saginaw City Council joined Fort Worth and Dallas in opting out of multi-billion dollar settlements with chemical manufacturers 3M and DuPont.

The district says core water services to member cities have not been affected.

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

Water loss to main breaks and leaking pipes is costing cities billions of gallons of water, and sometimes millions of dollars along with it.

Here lately, they’ve become as unwelcoming as some of the state’s controversial laws — from the record-breaking freeze that killed power for a week and hundreds of people in February 2021 to the recent months of too many summer days with temperatures over 106 degrees.

On September 1, Texas adds 774 new laws to the books. Check out this rundown of some of the most consequential new measures, plus others you may not have heard about.

The Fort Worth Water Department has been busy this summer: Crews have dealt with about four water main breaks per day for the past 30 days, according to city officials.

A state prison leaking thousands of gallons of water left Venus, near Fort Worth, without water pressure and now under a boil notice.

A North Texas expert on environmental toxicology and industrial chemical exposure explains why the average individual has little to fear.

About 35% of city of Georgetown water customers remain prohibited from using outdoor irrigation systems and hose-end sprinklers.

City steps up testing, awaits final EPA rules.

Texas loses billions of gallons of water a year to broken pipes and leaks. The problem is worse in rural areas.