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 ...

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.

The Texas Department of Transportation is celebrating the end of a months-long project beneath the surface of Central Texas.

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 ...

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 ...

Water flows fast down the slopes and through underground limestone channels, leaving little time for it to soak into the ground. As a result, rivers such as the Guadalupe can swell rapidly, rising ...

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.