Resource Management

Resource Management

Corpus Christi delays decision on nearly billion-dollar water plant despite impending crisis

The coastal city is staring down a persistent drought that has placed it on course to being the first U.S. city to run short of water sometime next year.

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Resource Management

A sophomore’s oil spill research project started with chemistry class and ended at WWEMA

This student's work went beyond a standard science fair experiment and into the kinds of tradeoffs utility leaders, engineers, and environmental responders confront regularly.

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Pflugerville, Texas, to ease water limits amid repairs to infrastructure, rising lake levels

The updated protocols are expected to remain in effect at least through mid-June, allowing Pflugerville to finish repairs on the existing raw waterline and complete construction of the secondary raw waterline.

The City of Pflugerville installed a temporary bypass waterline this spring to continue pumping water from the Colorado River into the lake.

Protracted drought, increased demand has Florida facing tighter groundwater limits

Florida utilities are running up against limits on how much groundwater they can withdraw.

New pipelines and production wells are set to provide alternative water sources for Florida residents in midst of aquifer shortages.

A sinking feeling? Houston’s surface water conversion helps slow down regional land collapse

In Texas, regional water agencies are deploying a multi-front strategy of supply and conservation initiatives to counteract subsidence.

HGSD staff and board tour the Northeast Water Purification Plant, slated to increase treated water production from 80 million gallons per day to 400 MGD.

EPA launches Water Reuse Action Plan 2.0 to advance agency’s core mission and strengthen US industry, AI, and energy dominance

Water reuse transforms wastewater into clean, reliable water that can power American industry while preserving freshwater resources to deliver high quality drinking water to the American people.

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How the Colorado-Big Thompson project balances water supply across drought cycles

The C-BT Project includes 12 reservoirs, 35 miles of tunnels, 95 miles of canals, and 700 miles of transmission lines.

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American Rivers cites Potomac, Suwannee among most at-risk waterways in 2026 report

With over 80% of U.S. rivers lacking adequate protection, rivers are among the most at-risk ecosystems on the planet, despite their importance to society.

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Can you ‘Dig’ it? Clearer water brings back wildlife to the White River

The local ecosystem has been reshaped by a 28-mile network of 18-foot-diameter tunnels intercepting untreated effluent that once flowed into the watershed.

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What your non-revenue water number is actually telling you

Non-revenue water is better understood as a signal to interpret.

After a decade of missteps, Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe

Officials in Corpus Christi expect a “water emergency” within months and to fully run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel supplies to Texas airports, trigger a surge in gasoline prices and result in an “economic disaster” without precedent, former officials said.

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Virginia lawmakers reach agreement for first steps to monitor PFAS in biosolids

A compromise has been reached on how Virginia can begin to monitor the presence of “forever chemicals” in biosolids that are used as fertilizer on farms.

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