An 8-year-old girl was sucked into a “malfunctioning” pipe in a hotel pool in Texas over the weekend and found dead in the tube more than half a day later, authorities said.

For their initial surveys due Oct. 16, Houston-area utilities were allowed to assume that any pipes laid after a 1988 lead pipe ban were safe. Many have only recently begun testing the rest.

More than half a million Houston-area residents were due letters this month to warn them that their drinking water might be leaching lead from old service lines. An Environmental Protection Agency ...

For their initial surveys due Oct. 16, Houston-area utilities were allowed to assume that any pipes laid after a 1988 lead pipe ban were safe. Many have only recently begun testing the rest.

Houston water continues to drip, drip, drip away due to the city’s aging infrastructure. In 2023 and up to May of this year, the city slowly but surely leaked away around 36 billion gallons of ...

KPRC 2 'DRAINED' Investigation uncovered shady dealings in Houston Public Works and the eventual arrest of former manager Patrece Lee. She's been behind bars since May 2024. HOUSTON – As cold ...

It's a pipe residents know all too well, but some claim their water supply is impacted every time the pipe breaks. Neighbors understand this happens, but some are fed up. 24/7 Live Houston ...

What’s making these old and brittle pipes rupture on such a large scale this summer has to do with the weather. The lack of rain has caused Houston’s clay soil to dry and harden underground.