Neeley Ramey first noticed the cracks in her then-4-year-old pool in 2021 and thought they were a result of the deadly freeze that winter in Central Texas. But the fissures kept spreading for months.

AUSTIN, Texas — Editors note: this story has been updated to reflect additional statements from pool builder, Cody Pools. It has become an all-too-common defect, potentially impacting thousands of ...

LAKEWAY, Texas — Lakeway voted to amend its pool permitting ordinances to ease the financial burden for residents with the pool defect called alkali-silica reaction, also known as ASR or "concrete ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The KVUE Defenders have discovered a hidden defect in possibly thousands of pools built in Central Texas in 2017 and later. It's called "concrete cancer," and it's costing families ...

LAKEWAY, Texas — The city of Lakeway has voted to amend its pool permitting ordinance in an effort to help homeowners dealing with Alkali-Silica Reaction, also known as ASR or "concrete cancer." ASR ...

A federal lawsuit between a popular pool company and its insurance provider could set a precedent for whether insurers should ...

Mikala is a staff photojournalist at The Austin American-Statesman in Austin, Texas. She previously served as the chief of photography at the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, where Headliners Foundation ...

Concrete cancer plagues pools all across the Central Texas area A man in Bee Cave is now experiencing concrete cancer in his backyard BEE CAVE, Texas - Concrete cancer plagues pools all across the ...