Old pipes cause Texas cities to lose tens of billions of gallons of water each year

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ most populous cities lost roughly 88 billion gallons of water last year because of aging water infrastructure and extreme heat, costing them millions of dollars and straining the state’s water supply, according to self-reported water loss audits. The documents show that bigger municipalities are not immune to water issues often seen in smaller, less-resourced communities around the state.