As 2025 comes to a close, the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District is celebrating a year marked by community engagement, program growth and continued investment in a sustainable water future for Bastrop and Lee counties.

Texas Voters just overwhelmingly approved $20 billion to be spent on improving the state’s water supply, infrastructure and education over the next 20 years. But that funding is just the beginning — and it will only go so far in addressing a crisis that threatens the future of Texas, a state where the powers that be will not acknowledge the effects of climate change.

Source: Prop 4 passed but is it enough to meet the state’s future water needs? | TPR

EL PASO, Texas — A new AI-optimized Meta data center is taking shape in far East El Paso. While supporters tout billions in investment and hundreds of new jobs, residents nearby are voicing serious concerns about water usage, electricity and the effects on their neighborhoods.

Source: Meta data center in East El Paso concerns local residents | Spectrum News

Railroad Commission grapples with abandoned oil wells, and ones with caps that have failed, bring poison to the surface in Texas.

Source: Orphans & Zombies – A Groundwater Threat | Houston Chronicle

Texas is running out of water. The booming population and industry growth….

Source: Texas Feels Squeeze of Waning Water Supply | SAEN

The federal agency, which is facing pressure to clean up hundreds of contaminated sites, is partnering with technology companies such as Aquagga, ECT2, Revive Environmental and others.

Source: DOD-funded PFAS demo projects show promise for remediation and destruction | Waste Dive

To meet growing demand across 22 counties, the Nueces River Authority is developing a Gulf Coast desalination plant on Harbor Island and a 178-mile conveyance pipeline expected to deliver up to 450 million gallons of water per day to South Texas by 2029.

Source: Nueces River Authority plans 178-mile pipeline, desalination project for South Texas | Underground Construction

Sorghum Focus: Could sorghum for grain or silage be part of the solution in dryland and limited-irrigation production systems?

Source: Ogallala Aquifer crisis: Could sorghum be solution? | Farm Progress

AUSTIN (KXAN) – July 2025 is one many will never forget. It was a summer of heavy rainfall and flooding in Central Texas. Lake levels rose to their highest levels in years. However, not all water systems are recovering equally.

Source: Central Texas lakes healthy, aquifers still falling heading into winter | KXAN

With EPA granting Texas primacy over Class VI wells, the state now controls permitting and oversight of underground carbon storage — and must prove it can enforce strong, science-based standards that protect people, water and climate. To build global credibility and public trust, the Railroad Com

Source: Will Texas carbon storage primacy spark a world-class permitting and enforcement program, or will it merely check the boxes? Only time will tell – and the world is watching – Energy Exchange