As Austin firefighters arrived on scene of large fire at a pawn shop in north Austin overnight Wednesday into Thursday, crews say they ran into issues finding working fire hydrants in the area.

The report evaluated 16 categories: aviation, bridges, broadband, dams, drinking water, energy, hazardous waste, levees, ports, public parks, rail, roads, solid waste, stormwater transit, and ...

UT Austin researchers have developed a biodegradable, biomass-based hydrogel that efficiently extracts drinkable water from ...

University scientists converted everyday waste into sorbents that produce nearly four gallons of water daily with minimal ...

Many local swim teams gathered at Austin Lake on Saturday for the second annual Polar Plunge, organized by the Ohio Valley YMCA -- and to say it was cold would ...

Austin Water’s Wildland Conservation Division conducted a successful prescribed burn on Thursday. On Feb. 6, the prescribed burn was conducted on 288 acres on the Water Quality Protection Lands.

A roadblock to the potential redevelopment of East Austin’s Borden Dairy Co. factory has been cleared thanks to an agreement ...

In addition to the South Lake Water Treatment Plant project, Georgetown officials are working to increase the city’s access ...

Those were the headlines for April 8, 1900 — as reimagined "in the style of the day" for the American-Statesman on April 8, ...