By Jim Getz, The Dallas Morning News Jan. 9--The tap water in parts of North Texas is leaving residents with a bad taste in their mouths, and a familiar culprit is to blame -- just at an unfamiliar time.

As the rains have diminished and most rivers have receded into their banks, the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has begun releasing flood waters from its lakes. At Lewisville Dam, the floodgates were opened Sunday morning in an effort to lower the lake below the spillway crest.

By Roy Appleton, The Dallas Morning News May 20--As another lawn-sprinkling season sets in, Lavon Lake's revival is prompting an easing of some rules on outdoor watering. An unusually wet spring has left the Collin County reservoir inches shy of full.

By Roy Appleton, The Dallas Morning News May 20--As another lawn-sprinkling season sets in, Lavon Lake's revival is prompting an easing of some rules on outdoor watering. An unusually wet spring has left the Collin County reservoir inches shy of full.

By Jim Getz, The Dallas Morning News May 12--The refilling of Lavon Lake hasn't curtailed construction of two massive pipelines designed to keep taps flowing in dozens of cities north and east of Dallas.