Source: More than half of Colorado River’s water used to irrigate crops, assessment shows

The plan is in response to worsening drought conditions, higher water usage, and low lake levels.

Source: LCRA Board approves a new drought contingency plan

Commissioner Dr. Maria-Elena Giner will speak at the USIBWC Lower Rio Grande Citizens Forum Public Meeting in Mercedes on April 2.

Source: IBWC commissioner to visit Valley to discuss 1944 US-Mexico Water Treaty – Rio Grande Guardian

The Georgetown City Council has approved raising water and wastewater rates beginning on April 1 to help pay for the city’s right to buy groundwater from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer.

Source: Georgetown raising rates by $15 monthly to pay to reserve water from aquifer

GEORGETOWN, Texas – On Tuesday, Georgetown City Council decided to increase water and wastewater rates starting April 1.

Source: Georgetown increases utility rates to pay for agreement

EDINBURG, Texas (Border Report) — A South Texas lawmaker on Wednesday asked Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an emergency due to what he calls a “water crisis” in the Rio Grande Valley.

Source: South Texas lawmaker asks governor declare emergency due to ‘water crisis’

Texans passed a constitutional amendment to set aside $1 billion to address critical water needs, especially for small and rural communities.

Source: Texas Water Fund one step closer to implementation | kvue.com

Source: View of Case Study of Emerging Groundwater Management Issues at the Forefront of Large-scale Production from a Confined Aquifer: The Vista Ridge Project | Texas Water Journal

Texas and New Mexico faced off with the U.S. government in the nation’s highest court on Wednesday in the latest chapter of a decade-long dispute over the way water from the dwindling Rio Grande river is divided.

Source: Texas, New Mexico spar with US government in Supreme Court over Rio Grande water divisions