Rep. Cody Harris also discusses school vouchers, religion in schools, immigration, and more……

Source: WATCH: Rep. Cody Harris says a top concern is safe, clean water for Texas (KLTV)

Experts warn that more blowouts should be expected unless oil and gas companies change their methods.

Source: Abandoned well blowout has West Texas town worried | The Texas Tribune

The scale of the orphaned well problem is staggering. With estimates ranging from 117,000 to potentially 800,000 across the United States, these abandoned wells pose significant risks.

Source: Plugging the Past: Federal Initiative Tackles Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells – Environment+Energy Leader

Texas lawmakers are considering adding a “green amendment” to the state constitution that would protect people’s rights to clean air, clean water, healthy soil, and native flora a…

Source: Texas lawmaker pushes green amendment for state constitution (KXAN)

From contamination on the west coast to a drying up Rio Grande in Texas, water woes stretch across and along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Source: How Mexico water woes impact the US border

A water district says the state’s oil and gas regulator must do more to plug old wells.

Source: Lawsuit: Leaking West Texas oil wells threaten drinking water – E&E News by POLITICO

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Activists and landowners spoke out against a new development on the borders of Travis County and Hays County today that they say could threaten the springs that feed several of Texas’ “crown jewels.”

Source: Texas’ ‘crown jewels’ threatened by new development; landowners and activists say (KXAN)

Decades of planning delays and ongoing opposition to the Marvin Nichols reservoir in northeast Texas means it’s time to consider a commonsense alternative for North Texas water needs: double-dipping in Lake Texoma.

Source: Curran: Let’s ask Oklahoma for more water (DMN)

Texas couldn’t have happened without water,” Laura-Ashley Overdyke, executive director of the Caddo Lake Institute, rightly observed in an interview during the throes of this summer’s heat.

Source: McKenzie: Nature knows best how to meet Texas water needs (DMN)

Austin, Texas – On September 24th, 2024 Texas Water Foundation proudly recognized Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar as the 10th Rainmaker of the Year. Surrounded by more than 300 water champions at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, TX, the event’s theme was dedicated to the connection b

Source: Comptroller Glenn Hegar Receives the 2024 Rainmaker of the Year Award — Texas Water Foundation