Annual Snapshot FY2025

Texas Water Trade's annual organizational snapshot for fiscal year 2025.

Annual Report FY2024

Texas Water Trade's annual report highlighting work enabled by partners and advocates during fiscal year 2024.

Annual Report FY2023

Texas Water Trade's annual report highlighting collaboration and progress toward a state with clean, flowing water for people and nature.

Annual Snapshot FY2022

Texas Water Trade's annual organizational snapshot for fiscal year 2022.

Annual Report FY2021

Texas Water Trade's annual report highlighting advancements and water solutions delivered statewide during fiscal year 2021.

Annual Report FY2020

Texas Water Trade's first annual report, recognizing gains made with partners and supporters.

Strategic Plan 2025 - 2027

Texas Water Trade's strategic plan for 2025–2027, outlining its vision, goals, and priorities for advancing clean, flowing water for people and nature.

Strategic Plan 2022-2024

Texas Water Trade's strategic plan for 2022–2024, outlining accomplishments, priorities, and the organization's vision for its next chapter.

Strategic Plan 2019-2021

Texas Water Trade's strategic plan for 2019–2021.

TWT June Newsletter

TWT March Newsletter

TWT January Newsletter

Help Us Keep Texas Water Flowing

We’re Thankful for You and Your Commitment to Texas Water

Keep Texas Water Flowing!

Investing in Water Solutions

TWT September Newsletter

Texas Water Trade July 2025 Updates

Net Zero Water Toolkit

An online resource designed to help developers incorporate water reuse technologies into new buildings, covering design, permitting, financing, and maintenance.

Survey Results

Findings from a 2022 survey of 650 households examining drinking water concerns in underserved communities on the Texas border and in the Texas Triangle.

Rapidly Scaling Water Reuse Across Texas

A report by Texas Water Trade and the National Wildlife Federation examining how Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing can help scale water reuse projects in Texas.

Bringing Back Comanche Springs

A study by the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University and Texas Water Trade examining the history, hydrogeology, policy, and economics of restoring perpetual flow at Comanche Springs in Fort Stockton.

Connected Coast overview with Kevin De Santiago, TWT’s Coastal Program Manager

Connected Coast Program Manager, Kevin De Santiago, worked alongside filmmaker, John Aldrich, and our partners to spotlight the vital efforts taking place along the Texas Coast.

TWT: Water for People, Water for Nature

TWT CEO Sharlene Leurig talks Texas Water Trade and the Texas opportunity to secure water for people and water for nature.

Galveston Bay

Texas Water Trade is excited to share information about our work to enhance environmental flows of water around Galveston Bay. In this video you can learn a bit about the project, hear from TWT, and hear from one of our project partners: the Galveston Bay Foundation.

Clean Water for All Texans

CEO Sharlene Leurig discusses the clean water crisis in Texas and the water subsidiary we are launching to bring affordable, safe drinking water to under-served populations.

Restoring Comanche Springs

CEO Sharlene Leurig talks with local leaders about our project to restore Comanche Springs and its importance to Fort Stockton's economy in West Texas.

Live from the Stream

Texas Water Trade hosts a virtual music fundraiser featuring our work and many of the state's finest musicians, including Charley Crockett, Kevin Russell and Ray Benson.

Texas Water Trade Joins Local Scouting America Camp To Build Water Resilience Along The San Saba River

Texas Water Trade is partnering with Camp Sol Mayer, a Scouting America, Texas Southwest Council ranch along the San Saba River, to bolster instream flow in a section of the river that holds critical habitat for local wildlife.

Texas Water Trade Announces First Permanent Water Rights Dedication To Restore San Saba River Flows

San Saba River Trust to receive water rights, preserving vital instream flows that benefit local communities and the economy.

As water grows scarce, Texas nonprofit helps take care of Galveston Bay

Gray highlights the efforts made by Texas Water Trade to promote the health of Galveston Bay despite growing water demands in Texas.

TWT is proud to receive a TAWWA Conservation and Reuse Award

Texas Water Trade is proud to receive a TAWWA Conservation and Reuse Award for our Net Zero Water Toolkit – A Decentralized Water Resource on Thursday, March 20th during the Texas Water Conference in Houston. Texas Water is the largest regional water conference in the U.S.

Texas Water Trade has released its highly anticipated Net Zero Water Toolkit

Texas Water Trade has released its highly anticipated Net Zero Water Toolkit, an online resource designed to assist developers in incorporating water reuse technologies in new buildings.

Vida Water prepares to launch an innovative subscription water treatment service with focus on underserved populations across Texas

Texas Water Trade is pleased to announce the commitment of funds to launch services of Vida Water, a Public Benefit Corporation that aims to close the clean water gap for underserved populations across Texas.

LCRA AWARDS $15,000 GRANT TO BOOST WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Online toolkit from Texas Water Trade will provide detailed information on incorporating water reuse, conservation in new buildings

PepsiCo beverages & Frito-Lay announce $1.2 million water replenishment project with Texas Water Trade that will benefit Galveston Bay

PepsiCo Beverages North America and Frito-Lay North America announced a commitment of $3.3 million in funds toward water replenishment projects across North America. These projects aim to advance PepsiCo's ambitious effort to become Net Water Positive by 2030, which includes reducing absolute water use and replenishing back into the local watershed more than 100% of the water used at company-owned and third-party sites in high water-risk areas.

SpringsFest to Celebrate Historic Comanche Springs, March 11, in Fort Stockton, TX

On Saturday, March 11, SpringsFest ’23 will celebrate the history of Comanche Spring – both past and present – with a series of events from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Comanche Springs Swimming Pool and James Rooney Memorial Park.

Local Partnerships Deliver a Lasting Water Solution for the San Saba River

The San Saba River is a vital waterway for Central Texas communities and wildlife and a crucial upstream tributary of the Colorado River.

Collaborating to Get Big Things Done for Texas

Texas Water Trade’s impact relies on the power of partnerships and interdisciplinary collaboration to get big things done for Texas. Our work along the Gulf Coast began with field testing concepts around “focused flows” to deliver targeted freshwater inflows into key upper estuaries.

Voluntary mechanisms to protect freshwater inflows in Texas

TWT announces RFP for second cohort of Market Makers

Texas Water Trade is expanding the use of voluntary water transactions and other innovative projects to restore and protect flow in Texas river basins. Our first cohort of Market Makers started in 2020 and has achieved considerable results. TWT is excited to build on that success and continue to show that transactions can be a powerful tool for conservation. See RFP for complete details.

TWT announces RFP for 2022 Flows Fund

The Texas Flows Fund is designed to make funding available to any nonprofit advancing an environmental water project. Funds are exclusively limited to the acquisition of water, whether through temporary contract or permanent acquisition. See RFP for complete details.

Welcome to Texas Water Trade

Sharlene Leurig explains her love of water in Texas and what's needed to protect it.

June 2021 Newsletter

To be sure, we're coming out of the pandemic with lots of momentum. Our virtual music benefit was a smashing success and our projects are advancing rapidly.

Request for Proposals: Texas Flows Fund

Texas Water Trade is pleased to announce a new fund to accelerate and expand the use of voluntary water transactions to restore flow in priority Texas basins. Please see the RFP for complete details.

Request for Proposals: Groundwater Science Support for Comanche Springs

Texas Water Trade is seeking a suite of hydrogeological services in support of our continued work to restore Comanche Springs. More information can be found in the RFP.