In a new report by Environment America, a Denver-based nonprofit, Texas ranks first among U.S. states for toxic discharges into streams, rivers and lakes, a title held by Indiana since the organization began analyzing nationwide water pollution in 2009, when Texas ranked fourth.

In Texas, more than 420 public water systems have submitted PFAS results to the federal agency and 113 of them detected some level of PFAS in the water. Of those, nearly 50 public water systems...

Nearly 50 public water systems across Texas have reported exceeding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever limits on toxic chemicals in drinking water known as PFAS. The EPA...

Of the 20 top polluting facilities in Texas identified by Environment Texas, 15 are on waterways of the coastal region, a vast expanse of former wetlands draining quickly to the Gulf of Mexico,...