Infrastructure
Texas Water Systems and Aging Utilities
A fast-growing state is asking more from a shrinking water base, and the state water plan spells out how far apart supply and demand could drift by 2070.
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, and federal inspection data shows it holds the poor-condition share near the lowest in the nation.