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Contaminated Water

100K gallon wastewater spill now cleaned in SE Houston, city says

  • Jan 5

Concerns rise after wastewater pipe bust near SE Houston elementary

  • Jul 29, 2025

Siblings accused of pollution crimes at E. Harris County scrapyard

  • Apr 14, 2025

Private test shows high level of lead in Willis water

  • Feb 10, 2025

Harris County sues wastewater company operating in Crosby

  • Feb 7, 2025

Magnolia residents say murky water has haunted them for years

  • Jan 10, 2025

Humble ISD project causes murky water to pour into storm drains

  • Jan 8, 2025

Harris County Jail achieves compliance amid staffing and water issues

  • Nov 14, 2024

Latest Videos

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Cypress business owner charged with felony water pollution, authorities say

  • Mar 24
2:36

100K gallon wastewater spill now cleaned in SE Houston, according to city officials

  • Jan 6
3:55

Concerns over wastewater pipe bust near southeast Houston elementary school

  • Jul 29, 2025
2:20

Siblings facing charges after scrapyard waste runs into waterway in E. Harris Co., documents say

  • Apr 14, 2025
2:53

Harris County sues wastewater company operating in Crosby: 'Smells like rotten chicken'

  • Feb 7, 2025
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Humble ISD project causes murky water to pour into storm drains

  • Jan 8, 2025
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Residents in Lakewood Pines subdivision claim their water is cloudy

  • Jun 26, 2024
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Soil collection for chemical testing underway in Kashmere Gardens

  • Jun 6, 2024

Latest Stories

Residents in Lakewood Pines subdivision claim their water is stinky and cloudy

Residents in a quiet neighborhood in Humble told ABC13 that their MUD district is using "Band-Aid" solutions that are not fixing their community's water issues for good.

  • Jun 26, 2024

Environmental studies and soil collection for chemical testing underway in Fifth Ward

Union Pacific began months-long soil testing around the contaminated Union Pacific Rail Yard, where ABC13 had covered cancer cluster concerns in Fifth Ward for years.

  • Jun 6, 2024

Cleanup underway after rainfall leads to wastewater spill near Houston treatment plant, city says

Officials said that if you receive water from the city, it is safe to drink and does not need to be boiled.

  • Apr 10, 2024

Our America: Trouble On Tap | America's Lead Problem | Full Episode

About 20 to 30 million people get water from lead pipes in this country. Research shows even low levels of exposure can permanently alter brain development. We explore the crisis of safe drinking water in the U.S. and the solutions that are often tied up in bureaucratic red tape.

  • Oct 12, 2023

Texas Health Department finds no relation of Fifth Ward cancer cluster and chemicals used by railway

A 2022 study by the City of Houston said chemicals used by Union Pacific were the catalyst to several cancer diagnoses of Kashmere Gardens residents, now the Texas Health Department chimed in and gave another answer.

  • Sep 2, 2023