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(The Center Square) – In response to several groups claiming a residential development in Liberty County is a colonia and an “illegal alien settlement,” Hispanic Americans living there told The

For decades, residents of some of the poorest neighborhoods along the border have dealt with foul and even toxic drinking water, all while paying some of the highest prices for this basic need.

For decades, residents of some of the poorest neighborhoods along the border have dealt with foul and even toxic drinking water, all while paying some of the highest prices for this basic need. Now, several hundred colonia residents are suing a company that they allege has routinely ignored their pleas for help and even ushered in a predatory market that profits off the problem.

Toxic Water in S. Texas Colonias Costs Residents Precious Health and Money. Araceli Palomino and other colonia residents waited to enter the board meeting of their water supplier, Military Highway Water Supply Corporation. They were tired of having to deal with the...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – About 2,600 residents in Montana Vista will be getting an upgrade to a “modern wastewater system,” said state Rep. Mary Gonzalez, D-San Elizario, on Tuesday, June 6. Both Gonzalez and state Sen. Cesar Blanco, D-El Paso, announced that El Paso Water will be receiving $29 million from the Texas Water […]

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Montana Vista receives $28 million from the state to improve water and wastewater systems in the colonia, which is in East EL Paso County.

The 88th TX Legislative session has looked at water policy from several angles this year.

An estimated 500,000 people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come.

An estimated 500,000 people live in thousands of colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. Largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, these communities have been promised water — but it has never come.