People were told to avoid some parts of the lake as toxic conditions could be present amid a harmful algal bloom.

Two days before the waters of the Guadalupe River swelled into a deadly and devastating Fourth of July flood in Kerr County, ...

Her human counterparts at the Department of Water Resources’ inspection station combed the boat’s interior for standing water that could harbor larvae.

Her human counterparts at the Department of Water Resources’ inspection station combed the boat’s interior for standing water that could harbor larvae.

Officials are shoring up water systems infiltrated by the golden mussel. Dogs and human inspectors are checking boats at some lakes, but a patchwork of oversight leaves many lakes unprotected.