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Water quality and contamination: How TRWD manages the supply of drinking water

Water quality and contamination: How TRWD manages the supply of drinking water

By Georgie Hager, Sasha Chapman and Hannah Dollar
Published Jul 25, 2024
Water is an essential resource for life, and access to clean and safe drinking water is fundamental to public health. However, concerns regarding water contamination persist in various regions worldwide, including the Fort Worth area.
How the Tarrant Regional Water District reuses and recycles

How the Tarrant Regional Water District reuses and recycles

By Sally Verrando, Staff Writer
Published Jul 25, 2024
To accommodate a growing North Central Texas population in the late 20th century, a new reservoir was needed.
Tap water treatment:  What it takes to make water safe for consumption

Tap water treatment: What it takes to make water safe for consumption

By Sydney Brunson and Emmaday Ormond
Published Jul 25, 2024
The treatment process for tap water in Tarrant County is extensive.
A Growing Thirst: Will there be enough water to keep up with demand?

A Growing Thirst: Will there be enough water to keep up with demand?

By Lance Sanders, Jordan Montgomery and Alli Shoop
Published Jul 25, 2024
North Texas is booming when it comes to population growth. The Tarrant Regional Water District expects the population it serves to go from its current 2.4 million consumers to 4.6 million by 2070.
Conservation and drought

Conservation and drought

By Jaida Joyner, Gavin Hughes and Alicia Takacs
Published Jul 25, 2024
With heat waves and little to no rain in sight, many North Texas cities have gotten serious about saving water.
TCU alums take center stage on national tours 

TCU alums take center stage on national tours 

By Sydney Miller, Staff Writer
Published Apr 12, 2024
Theatre TCU’s legacy shines through alums Jaden Dominique and Hannah LeBeau.
Elf Bar and Esco Bar disposable vaping devices are displayed, Monday, June 26, 2023, in Washington. The number of electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled since 2020, driven almost entirely by a wave of unauthorized disposable vapes from China, according to sales data obtained by the Associated Press.

Vaping makes a comeback

By Jaida Joyner, Staff Writer
Published Apr 11, 2024
Less than two years after the FDA’s ban on JUUL vaping devices, a new manufacturer of liquid nicotine has emerged. Marketed to teens, the increase of these new gadgets on college campuses has witnessed rapid growth.
Children from the INTAKE Native Instrument Academy during a program presented by HARMAN, Monday, March 16, 2015, in Stamford, Conn. Children are participating in today's activities to help them understand the music production process through hands on experience. (Jessica Hill/AP Images for HARMAN)

A Musical Metamorphosis: How artificial intelligence is reshaping the music industry

By Abby McCutchan, Staff Writer
Published Apr 3, 2024
AI is becoming more prevalent in the music industry. How is it affecting the artists we know and love?
FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia. Just 40% of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, a new poll shows, with a majority anxious about Beijing's influence as the White House finds its agenda increasingly shaped by global rivalries. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

South Pacific’s role in national security

By Jordan Montgomery and Ella Funke
Published Mar 21, 2024
China aims to dominate the South Pacific through gaining control of shipping routes and island nations. The U.S. Department of Defense is forming a plan to provide energy to the countries of the territory that will simultaneously boost their economies.
Original Flying T Logo (Marshall Harris/Artist)

The Accidental Genius of the Flying T

By Madeleine Thornhill, Staff Writer
Published Jan 23, 2024

In 1979, Marshall K. Harris, a graphic design student at TCU, designed the Flying T logo after a previously failed logo attempt. His original logo was called the Furious Frog, but it didn't work for...

A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), or commonly called a horned toad rests in a plowed field April 22, 2015 near Snyder, Tex. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Butterfly effect: Bill provides hope for declining Texas wildlife

By Camilla Price, Staff Writer
Published May 19, 2023
Senators reintroduced the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, which could save lesser-known imperiled species in Texas.
Jim speaks to students in the Dementia Care class at TCU. (Sarah Walter/Staff Writer)

More than a diagnosis: a TCU educator lives with dementia

By Sarah Walter, Staff Writer
Published Mar 30, 2023
Jim McLarty's diagnosis led him to co-teaching a class on dementia at TCU.