The nation’s highest court will decide what’s next for a 10-year-old case over Rio Grande water in New Mexico and Texas.

Source: U.S. Supreme Court questions both positions in Rio Grande water case • Source New Mexico

Earlier this week, Aqua Texas responded to claims that have been made regarding water use and conservation. The statement is included in full below.

Source: Aqua Texas responds to questions about water use, conservation | Wimberley View

In Part Four of this series about the dispute between Aqua Texas and the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, David Baker, Executive Director of the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association told the citizens who attended the February 9 community meeting called by the Watershed Association and the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association about the urgency to protect the area’s water resources.

Source: Water in Texas: Stakeholders vs. Shareholders | Wimberley View

Changes are needed in 80-year-old water treaty to accommodate the drying climate.

Source: Can U.S and Mexico Secure Water Supplies in Shrinking Rio Grande? – Circle of Blue

The effect of the ruling could spill into other Western river basins that operate under similar multistate compacts.

Source: Supreme Court Rio Grande case tees up more Western water fights – E&E News by POLITICO

Water law winds its way slowly through the U.S. Supreme Court system, and then often comes doewn all at once.

Source: What to expect from the Rio Grande SCOTUS oral arguments • Source New Mexico

Satellites encircling the Earth collect a bounty of water data about our planet, yet distilling usable information from these sources about our oceans, lakes, rivers and streams can be a challenge.

Source: Bridging the gap: Computer scientists develop model to enhance water data from satellites

Hillcrest in Corpus Christi is a historic African American neighborhood that has long faced environmental racism but is now confronting displacement from a massive desalination project. Environmentalists point out that the desal, hyper-salty brine discharge will be very harmful to the bay and shouldn’t be built.

Source: Texas Matters: Corpus Christi is tapped out | TPR

A recent study showed the Gulf Coast is at risk.

Source: Sea level rise and sinking land could lead to increase flooding in Texas in coming decades | Texas Standard

The gradual sinking of coastal land areas has been a “silent problem” that figures to exacerbate flooding risks and livelihoods in locales experiencing sea-level rise, such as Houston-area communities along the Gulf Coast, according to a peer-reviewed study published this month in the journal Nature.

Source: Sinking land combined with sea-level rise especially problematic along Gulf Coast, new study finds