water usage

Among the largest single recurring budget requests before lawmakers this year is the Oklahoma Water Resources Board's $50 million investment into fixing the state's dire water infrastructure needs. One state senator hopes his bill will jumpstart the work.

Ahead of the 2026 legislative session, elected officials filed dozens of environmental bills that range from reckoning with data centers to banning dams on a southeastern Oklahoma river.

Ahead of two votes next week on proposed massive data centers in Green Country, residents at a community meeting discussed how to stop the centers from being built.

Gov. Kevin Stitt has vetoed a bill that would have required farmers, ranchers and other commercial irrigators to track how much water they pull from Oklahoma’s aquifers. Lawmakers said House Bill 3194 could help Oklahoma understand and protect its groundwater stores.

A bill that aims to encourage irrigators to accurately report their water use is making its way through the Oklahoma legislature.

As the state legislature doled out nearly $2 billion in federal pandemic relief funds last week, about a quarter of that money went to water infrastructure projects.

The Mayor of Bixby is hoping to provide clarification on the city's current water crisis.

Residents say they're frustrated with the lack of communication from city leaders on the Bixby water crisis.

On this installment of ST Medical Monday, we offer an interesting discussion about water conservation and related subjects with Noah Roberts, the…

We are teetering on water rationing...again.Tulsa went over the magic number of 204-million gallons yesterday. Mayor Bartlett says the city pumped 204.6…