For centuries, people have relied on rainwater harvesting to supply water for household, landscape, livestock, and agricultural uses. Before the advent of large centralized water supply systems, ...

These estimates are produced using information from the annual Water Use Survey and water use estimates for irrigation, livestock, municipal, manufacturing, mining and steam-electric power categories.

The San Jacinto Basin is one of the smallest river basins in Texas. The basin's namesake river derives its name from the Spanish word for “hyacinth.” From headwaters in Walker County, the San Jacinto ...

Why complete a Water Loss Audit? Water is a precious and finite resource. Water loss control benefits the utility by conserving its water and diminishing its need for future acquisitions of additional ...

Lake Jacksonville (also known as Buckner Dam) is located about one-half mile southwest of Jacksonville in Cherokee County on Gum Creek, a tributary of the Neches River. The Jacksonville Municipal ...

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Groundwater Database (GWDB) represents many years of collection efforts. As of May, 2023, it contains information for over 141,000 sites and includes data on ...

The first comprehensive estuarine water quality monitoring program supported by the TWDB was the Datasonde Program (also known as the Ambient Bay Water Quality Monitoring Program) which began in 1986.

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Groundwater Database (GWDB) contains information on selected water wells, springs, oil/gas tests (that were originally intended to be or were converted to ...

Texas has 23 river basins, including 15 major river basins and eight coastal basins, each with varying hydrological regimes and abilities to supply water. Surface water is an important source of water ...

The term "environmental flows" is used to describe the flow of water (both quantity and timing of flow) needed to maintain ecologically healthy streams and rivers, as well as the bays and estuaries ...

The Flood Planning Data Hub is the source for information compiled by the TWDB for the regional flood planning groups. This includes resources from many entities. An index of GIS resources is ...

1. What can the program do for you? The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act, provides low-cost financial assistance for planning, acquisition, design, and ...