The Trump administration and Westlands Water District are objecting to California’s water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Source: Trump administration tells California its key water plan is ‘unworkable’ | LA Times

The effort is the latest in a series of recent escalations over dwindling water resources across much of the state, and especially in arid West Texas.

Source: This West Texas town could lose a vital groundwater source to far-off cities | Houston Chronicle

This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter discussing the lessons learned from Corpus Christi’s water crisis.

Source: No Water Plan Projected Corpus Christi’s Crisis | Texas 2036

Water fears persist as data center projects continue to boom throughout the state.

Source: Data center water use in Texas: What’s myth, what’s reality | kvue.com

The City of Guymon has partnered with Tomorrow’s Water in an effort to support playa restoration in Texas County.

Source: City of Guymon, Tomorrow’s Water partner for playa restoration in Texas County | News Channel 10

Some big US cities drink almost nothing but aquifer water. Memphis runs 100% on groundwater, joined by Miami, San Antonio, Tucson, Honolulu, and Long Island.

Source: The US Cities That Run Entirely On Groundwater | World Atlas

As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those computers require not just electricity and land, but also a significant amount of water.

Source: Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much | The Conversation

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — State environmental regulators will consider Wednesday whether to uphold, change or throw out an emergency order that allows Corpus Christi to hold water in its reservoirs instead of releasing it downstream to the bay.

Source: TCEQ to decide Wednesday whether to uphold emergency order pausing Corpus Christi reservoir releases | KRIS 6

The Sparkling City by the Sea is the nation’s largest energy exporter. Costs could rise for all of us as it confronts an existential threat of its own making. Decades of overconfidence and complacence got it here.

Source: The Bad Decisions That Led to Corpus Christi’s Water Crisis | The Texas Monthly

Globally, we have endured many strong El Niños in the past, but none have been as exceptionally strong and developed as quick as this one

Source: What a Record‑Shattering El Niño Means for the World’s Weather | Morning Ag Clips