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The City of Houston’s reliable surface water rights consist of a combination of reservoir and run-of-river yield from Lake Livingston, Lake Houston and Lake Conroe and from river flows within the lower Trinity River. The City of Houston has additional water rights applications pending before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
Jul 8, 2021 · Legal Updates. On June 30, 2021, Texas’s Third District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision to protect the City of Houston’s interest in an unbuilt water reservoir by striking down a state law, declaring it unconstitutionally retroactive based on its impairment of Houston’s water rights.
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Apr 4, 2024 · After nearly two years of KPRC 2 Investigates DRAINED series exposing failures at the Houston Water Department, Mayor John Whitmire announces major changes. This comes a few weeks after Mayor...
Aug 24, 2023 · Starting Sunday, Houstonians will be under mandatory regulations limiting their water use via an official order from the city. Residents in at least half a dozen other cities in the area also were ...
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Aug 25, 2023 · LIST: Water restrictions in Houston, Katy, Sugar Land, Pearland and other area cities; What you need to know about mandatory water restrictions in Houston
Aug 16, 2023 · Houston owns most of the water rights at Lake Conroe, where levels are currently lower than usual, but not as low as lake levels during the drought of 2011. “Right now, Lake Conroe is a little more than a foot low due to the drought,” said Heather Ramsey, director of communications and public affairs for the San Jacinto River Authority.
Aug 25, 2023 · HOUSTON, Texas – It is so dry that starting this Sunday, Aug. 27, Houstonians will be forced to limit using water outside at certain times and breaking those rules could cost you. The rules are...
