Infrastructure
Texas Water Systems and Aging Utilities
How far apart could water supply and demand drift by 2070? The state water plan puts a number on a fast-growing state's shrinking water base.
Infrastructure
Everything in this section is something you can touch: the roads and bridges that carry the day, the water systems and utilities that make a house habitable, and the housing and development that a fast-growing state has to put somewhere. Texas maintains more of this infrastructure than almost any state, and the strain shows wherever growth outruns the pipes, pavement, and permits already in the ground. This desk tracks the condition of what exists, the cost of keeping it, and the choices about what gets built next.
Infrastructure
The Condition of Texas Bridges
Texas keeps the largest bridge inventory in the country, yet federal inspection data puts its poor-condition share near the lowest in the nation.
Infrastructure
The Texas Power Grid and the Job ERCOT Does
Because Texas runs its own grid, one decision shapes who regulates it, how generators get paid and what happens when demand outruns supply.