Changes to Texas’ water regulations have traditionally drawn emotional responses and claims that they would reallocate water and eliminate private property rights.

As Texas’ population is expected to grow from 19 million in 1997 to 51.5 million by 2070, the state’s available water supply has already shrunk 18% since 1997. Todd Staples, president of the Texas Oil & Gas Association, says the upcoming legislative session will require experts to reach a consensus on difficult policy questions around water management, including the rule of capture versus development rights, conservation district boundaries, and water export rules.

Source: Texas Faces Tough Water Policy Decisions Amid Population Growth | Staples Today

When Sandia scientists Ryan Davis and Nathan Bays set out to find a better way to absorb and degrade PFAS in water sources, they kept running into the same issue: Detecting the chemicals in samples took too long. So, they came up with their own solution. They’ve developed a faster, cheaper way to test for PFAS.

Source: Sandia Researchers develop rapid PFAS detector | Newswise

Cody Moser with the federal Colorado Basin River Forecast Center said in a monthly briefing Tuesday that just 1.4 million acre feet of Colorado River water is expected to reach Lake Powell through July. That’s less than a quarter of what’s considered normal.

Source: Colorado River supply forecast melts after March heat wave | KUNC

(The Center Square) – Unless the legislature acts to protect Texans’ water rights, rural Texans will lose everything, their land, their cattle, their livelihoods, south Texas judges argued at a

Source: Texas water rights and water laws are ‘the wild west,’ Texas judge says | Texas | thecentersquare.com

Jason VanceCherryRoad Media Ag editorAt the annual meeting of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, one issue rose above the rest: water. From the declining Ogallala Aquifer to increasing urban demand and emerging technologies, panelists painted a complex—and urgent—picture of agriculture’s

Source: Future of Water: Farmers, Policy Leaders Confront Growing Crisis Across the Plains | The Claxton Enterprise

Water insecurity. It’s in the news nearly every day. From Guadalajara, Mexico, where up to 50% of the municipal water supply is lost to leaks, to Cape Town, South Africa, where the reservoirs nearly dried up, bringing the city to the brink of water bankruptcy, to places closer to home like Corpus Christi, where overallocation […]

Source: Our Water Matters: The solution to water insecurity is as close as the nearest rooftop | Big Bend Sentinel

Forecasts are still shaping up, but this could be a record-breaking El Niño with big impacts to Texas.

Source: The strongest El Niño in 140 years? What it means for Texas weather. | mySA

State rep calls to terminate Corpus Christi reservoir water agreement

Source: State Rep. Villalobos calls to terminate the decades-old Corpus Christi reservoir water release agreement | KRIS 6