Source: A new era of growth in the dry West faces water woes – EHN
Author: Alan Day
Texas drought keeps steady as wildfire response, fire weather continues
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – The Texas Water Development Board reported that drought conditions across the state remained stagnant through the last week, while the Texas Panhandle and High Plains region continued to battle multiple ongoing wildfires and high fire-risk weather.
Source: Texas drought keeps steady as wildfire response, fire weather continues
La Niña watch is officially on: How will Texas weather be impacted in 2024?
(NEXSTAR) – El Niño hasn’t even grown cold, but national forecasters say its counterpart, La Niña, is already waiting in the wings to take over. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center issued a La Niña watch Thursday, predicting the U.S. will be in a La Niña pattern by the end of summer.
Source: La Niña watch is officially on: How will Texas weather be impacted in 2024?
Federal government fights to maintain control of Western water rights at Supreme Court | Courthouse News Service
A dispute over water in the Rio Grande marks the sixth time in less than a decade that the high court has jumped into interstate water litigation.
‘Invisible’ water losses in California’s agricultural heartland now match volume of giant reservoir: Study
The impacts of climate change in central California’s agriculture hub are causing such drastic increases in irrigation demands that annual water use over the past decade now matches the volume of the region’s biggest reservoir, a new study has found.
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States grapple with how to grow in drying West – E&E News by POLITICO
Communities are being forced to confront the challenge of not enough water to support building into the desert.
Source: States grapple with how to grow in drying West – E&E News by POLITICO
Water begins flowing from Elephant Butte to El Paso in earliest release since 2018
Late runoff and high snowpack last year means water from Elephant Butte is being released early this year, setting the stage for a full 30-week irrigation season.
Source: Water begins flowing from Elephant Butte to El Paso in earliest release since 2018
River runs past, but water isn’t for New Mexico • Source New Mexico
Rio Grande water released from Caballo Dam over the weekend has flowed 125 miles across Southern New Mexico, bound for irrigation in far west Texas and northern Mexico.
Source: River runs past, but water isn’t for New Mexico • Source New Mexico
Oil Report: Agriculture offers new arena for produced water reuse
Permian Basin oil and gas producers are producing far more water alongside their crude and natural gas than can be reused in their completions.
Source: Oil Report: Agriculture offers new arena for produced water reuse