One way to take advantage of massive downpours is to follow the lead of cities like Kerrville and San Antonio. They have ...

The drought’s damage to the state’s underground water reservoirs has been severe. Groundwater maps produced by NASA show unusually low storage levels in Texas, with Central Texas aquifers hit ...

Water shortages in southwest Texas have been caused in part by lower than expected transfers from neighboring Mexico. Under the 1944 Water Treaty, Mexico is expected to provide 1.75 million acre ...

High Plains Underground Water District General Manager Jason Coleman stands in the district’s meeting room on May 21 in Lubbock. Credit: Annie Rice for The Texas Tribune ...

High Plains Underground Water District Field Technician Supervisor Billy Barron, left, and Permit Administrator Gray Sanders measure a well on May 21, outside of Slaton.

“ Wetness ” or water content, in this map is a depiction of the amount of groundwater on July 7, 2014, compared to the average from 1948 to 2009 ...

But the practice of injecting this wastewater deep underground appears to be the cause of a concerning new trend in West Texas: earthquakes that are reaching near-record intensities for the region.

Mullican said the majority of land in Texas suitable for large reservoirs has greatly diminished since the heyday of reservoir construction in the 1960s and '70s. "The amount of water that we have ...