An alfalfa garden patch grows at the Texas Pacific Water Resources research and development project site outside of Midland. Researchers watered the alfalfa with cleaned produced water from a fracking ...

CARRIZO SPRINGS — In this South Texas stretch of mesquite trees and cactus, where the land is sometimes too dry to grow crops, the local aquifer is being strained in the search for oil. The reason is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller in his office with Texas flag in background. The state’s two main sources of water — ...

A Magnum ice cream wrapper caught in the wind, a Coca Cola bottle lost at sea. When we picture plastic pollution, it’s the littering of items like these that springs to mind. But new research points ...

Family of murder victim learns of arrest from KPRC 2: “Oh my god, I’m happy. Thank you so much.” An alfalfa garden patch grows at the Texas Pacific Water Resources research and development project ...

The state’s two main sources of water — groundwater in aquifers and surface water such as lakes, rivers and reservoirs — are susceptible to depletion from climate change. To combat the state’s looming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An alfalfa garden patch grows at the Texas Pacific Water Resources research and development project site outside of Midland.

This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. Read more stories about the threats facing Texas’ water supply here. MIDLAND On any given day, energy companies ...