Water Archives – Deceleration

Since Deadly July 4 Flood FEMA Has Denied or Failed to Advance Most Kerr County Aid Requests

By Emily Foxhall & Texas Tribune ● Water ● October 24, 2025

Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged county have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.

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TCEQ Commissioners Approve Guajolote Ranch Wastewater Permit—Spark Lawsuit Threat

By Greg Harman ● Water ● October 23, 2025

Highlighting threat from wastewater to greater San Antonio’s largest drinking water source, the Edwards Aquifer, opponents threaten lawsuit, rehearing request.

Corpus Desal Runs Aground Over Cost Uncertainties (Again) at Friday Water Workshop

By Gaige Davila ● Water ● October 3, 2025

City Manager Peter Zanoni said the City will “likely” cancel their contract with Nebraska-based Kiewet for desal project—but questions remain if state water loan could go to other options.

Corpus Christi Desalination Effort Returns Weeks After Community Victory Over Contested $1.2B Project

By Gaige Davila ● Water ● October 2, 2025

Council members meet Friday to consider an offer from Houston-based wastewater company to operate a long-pursued desalination plant they recently rejected.

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

By Dylan Baddour & Inside Climate News ● Gulf Coast ● September 3, 2025

Years of blundering and project delays have pushed the South Texas city to the brink of crisis as drought bears down and industrial water use grows. The project’s failure leaves an uncertain future for Corpus Christi.

Texas GOP Says Flood Relief Is Priority. Here’s the Climate Policy They Won’t Pass.

By Candice Bernd & Texas Observer ● Climate ● August 15, 2025

Republican lawmakers have for years refused to engage with precautionary climate resilience and disaster-response measures.

Hanging On In Tragedy-Stricken Texas Hill Country: ‘I Think We’re Gonna Stay’

By Candice Bernd & Texas Observer ● Texas ● July 22, 2025

The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of ‘flash flood alley,’ who narrowly survived the river’s sudden rise.

Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf States, Biodiversity—But First Up: American Samoa

By Elyse Hauser ● Gulf Coast ● July 1, 2025

The U.S. military is a major interest in this new extractive industry, which is poised to emerge both off- and on-shore.

In Midst of San Marcos Drought, Water-Hungry Data Centers Seek Zoning Exemption to Operate

By Myra Dumapias ● Water ● June 1, 2025

With Tuesday night vote approaching, Deceleration asked Texas-based researcher Sloan Rucker of the Data Center Action Coalition about the merits of developer arguments.

Judges Deal Blow in Fight for Clean Water at Helotes Creek—and Greater San Antonio

By James Courtney ● Water ● May 23, 2025

Opponents of housing development suggest lawsuit may be their last recourse to stop Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch anticipated discharge of 1 million gallons per day.