| Welcome to Trib+Water, a water news wrap-up and analysis prepared every other week by The Texas Tribune and the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. We bring you the latest news and events concerning the river systems of Texas and important water issues on a state and regional level. |
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| | by Neena Satija, Kiah Collier and Ryan Murphy Houston is the nation's fourth-largest city and home to the largest refining and petrochemical complex in the United States. But many worry it's a sitting duck when the next big hurricane comes. This multimedia project, done in partnership with ProPublica, looks at the dangers for the region. |
| | by Kiah Collier, Neena Satija and Ryan Murphy Storage tanks along the Houston Ship Channel hold one of the world's largest concentrations of oil, gases and chemicals. Some scientists fear a disaster waiting to happen when Houston's perfect storm comes. Read more about this in our "Hell and High Water" project, done in collaboration with ProPublica. |
| | by Neena Satija What could happen if a major storm hit the Houston region in just the right spot? This episode of Reveal looks at that worst-case scenario. This program is a collaboration with The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, which co-produced the "Hell and High Water" multimedia project. |
| | by Jacob Sanchez In this week's Q&A, we interview Ken Rainwater, a professor at Texas Tech University. |
| | by Jacob Sanchez In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Thirst for Power. |
| | Key meetings and events over the coming weeks. |
| | The Fifth Annual Gulf Coast Water Conservation Symposium, titled " New Frontiers in Conservation," will focus water demand trends and water conservation's role in the Gulf Coast's future water supply. |
| | Mexico has repaid a water debt to the United States that dates back to a 1944 treaty on water in the Rio Grande, according to the U.S. Section of International Boundary and Water Commission. |
| | A major project to share and explore research to stop the draining of the Ogallala Aquifer will launch on March 31 in Amarillo. |
| | An agreement has been reached following the long legal battle between the Aransas Project and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority on environmental flows for the San Antonio Bay estuary. |
| | The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has stirred an examination of the nation's aging water systems. |
| | A new, expanded edition of Your Remarkable Riparian Field Guide, which has been a staple of riparian education programs, will be published in April. |
| | by Ryan Murphy Using data from the Texas Water Development Board's reservoir status tracker, our auto-updating map visualizes the current state of Texas reservoirs. |
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