A bill in the Texas legislature that would give county governments more authority to protect water sources in the Hill Country has not made it past the committee hurdle.

Source: Advocates push for bill designed to let counties manage development to protect water sources | Community Alert | herald-zeitung.com

Private property rights at heart of Montgomery County’s groundwater dispute

Source: Private property rights at heart of Montgomery County’s groundwater dispute | Community Impact Newspaper

On April 9, Groundwater Management Area 14 voted on its proposed long-term goal for the Gulf Coast Aquifer System.

Source: GMA 14 approves proposed desired future conditions; LSGCD objects to subsidence factor | Community Impact Newspaper

The San Antonio Water System will pay $75,000 following discharges of high-priced water down a Northside creek last year.

Source: SAWS to pay $75,000 fine over Vista Ridge water discharge

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t force Georgia to curb its water usage, a defeat for downstream Florida in the two states’ long legal war over limited resources.

Source: Supreme Court Hands Win to Georgia in State Water War (3)

High Plains agriculture producers could diversify with specialty crops and get greater returns for their water with pivot irrigation systems.

Source: Specialty crops: Potential for more return for water | AgriLife Today

The pandemic caused a staggering drop in oil prices over the last year, which has resulted in less production in Texas and more abandoned wells. Caption: (SBG San Antonio) It is the responsibility of oil and gas operators to plug wells and clean up once operation ceases and the majority of time they do, but when a company files bankruptcy, it is up to the state to clean up the mess. A lot has changed since the Rooke family began drilling on their 15,000 acre La Rosa Ranch in Refugio County.

Source: Railroad Commission asks legislature for millions to pay for abandoned oil wells | KABB

Water scarcity is baking cropland and ramping up wildfire risk from California to Texas

Source: Drought Is the U.S. West’s Next Big Climate Disaster – Bloomberg

By Gary L. Hix, R.G., CWD/PI As a private water well contractor and well inspector for many years, I had the opportunity to observe and document a number of mistakes private well owners made to their wells and water systems. Some modifications were almost comical, while others I considered outright dangerous for the homeowner and […]

Source: Some Common Mistakes Well Owners Make Regarding Their Wells and Equipment – Wellowner.org

The new rock quarry in Salado is located off Solana Ranch Road– a rural area where the residents rely on groundwater for their daily needs such as drinking, bathing and watering livestock.

Source: Local residents oppose new rock mining facility