"You come home and want to take a shower, but no water," a resident of over 30 years said. Residents say Aqua Texas, the current manager of their water well, has let the services go downhill.

The Marathon gas station at Yug Food Mart on Pio Nono Avenue in Macon is only offering regular gasoline after 16 pumps were shut down due to water contamination.

Along the Rio Grande in far West Texas, the residents of cash-strapped communities scramble for essential resources amid ...