The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is considering a plan to build the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir in Fannin County — a reservoir that could be one of the last to be built in the state in the coming decades. Northeast Texas residents have raised concerns, and regulators will consider whether to refer any of those concerns to an administrative law judge.

The long-awaited weather pattern that's expected to bring rain to the Dallas area and other parts of Texas is forecast to arrive next month. El Nino raises the chances in many parts of the state for abundant rain through February, which would raise lake levels and improve soil moisture, said Victor Murphy, a National Weather Service meteorologist  in Fort Worth.

Larry Blakely says he tries to keep his lawn green by relying on his sprinkler system, but he says that even he can be careless at times. Last week, his sprinklers went off at their usual time late at night, but heavy rain also fell on his property.

Dallas City Council members got an update Monday on projects and funding for the Great Trinity Forest. They heard about the recent draining of a pond and the cutting of trees for construction of a golf course. They heard more words of regret and about “lessons learned” from Liz Fernandez, director of the city’s Trinity Watershed Management office, and her boss, Assistant City Manager Jill Jordan.

The rain over the past week added roughly 6 billion gallons to Lake Alan Henry. What a difference a week can make.

San Antonio Water System trustees will vote in less than a week on a proposed $3.4 billion pipeline project that one board member said is San Antonio's answer to its heavy reliance on the Edwards Aquifer. SAWS Trustee Reed Williams, a former city councilman who helped negotiate a contract, said the project will protect the Edwards and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifers if leaders at both ends of the pipeline cooperate.

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A bipartisan group of Texas Congressional members sent a letter to President Barack Obama this week, asking for his administration’s intervention in the 1944 Water Treaty between the United States and Mexico. The letter states the group is frustrated by Mexico’s lack of commitment to regularly deliver water to the United States as required by the water sharing treaty.

Still, the 4-year-old drought persisted, and on Aug. 12, when the Edwards Aquifer dropped below a 630-foot threshold, the San Antonio pool entered Stage IV, requiring unprecedented 40 percent pumping cutbacks.