Brazos Valley WaterSmart is helping homeowners in College Station conserve water and save money on their water bill.
Source: Brazos Valley WaterSmart helping residents conserve water and save money | KAGSTV.com
Brazos Valley WaterSmart is helping homeowners in College Station conserve water and save money on their water bill.
Source: Brazos Valley WaterSmart helping residents conserve water and save money | KAGSTV.com
A 40-mile stretch of the San Saba River keeps drying up, and some locals say illegal pumping is to blame. Why hasn’t the state done more?
Source: How to Disappear a River
Water law is an important issue in Texas.? Today, we will be discussing Texas groundwater law with Austin-based water attorney, Doug Caroom.?? Doug and I walk through the Rule of Capture, the approach to groundwater in Texas.? We discuss regulation by local groundwater conservation districts and considerations that go along with this approach to managing groundwater. Additionally, we talk through several key and recent groundwater cases including?Day v. Edwards Aquifer Authority,?Bragg v. Edwards Aquifer Authority,?City of Lubbock v. Coyote Lake Ranch.??Finally, we discuss the law and impact of some pending water pipeline projects and some pointers for folks to keep in mind when purchasing or selling property with regard to groundwater severances. When asked for a law he would like to see changed, Doug says that it is too difficult to amend surface water rights at TCEQ, which prevents there from being an effective water rights market in Texas.? He believes we could use surface water more efficiently if there was a viable market system for water rights. His response to the always-popular restaurant recommendation request was to offer one high-end restaurant at the University of Texas called The Carrilon and then a favorite of he and his wife called The Grove. Contact Info for Doug Caroom (Email) dcaroom@bickerstaff.com (Website)??http://www.bickerstaff.com/attorney/douglas-g-caroom/
Source: Ag Law in the Field: Episode 21 – Doug Caroom (Texas Groundwater Law)
Layne Christensen is partnering with the state to drill more than 100 wells in West Texas to sell water to oil companies in the booming Permian Basin.
Source: Layne Christensen to drill water wells for oil production – Houston Chronicle
This year, water levels fell to historic lows in at least four wells monitored by the state Department of Natural Resources, marking the second consecutive summer with sharp drops in groundwater near the mega-farms.
Source: Mega-farms gulp groundwater for second straight year | The State
Due to old age and battery failure, NASA terminates the GRACE satellite mission. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The unexpectedly long life of a pair of pioneering satellites that deepened scientific understanding of society?s influence on water and land is over. NASA and its project partners decided to end the GRACE satellite mission this [?]
Source: NASA Ends Trailblazing Satellite Mission that Revealed Global Groundwater Trends – Circle of Blue
The proposal makes it “more difficult, if not almost impossible, to manage this resource effectively,” said a local groundwater manager.
Source: Backed by private capital, company plans heavy pumping in Trinity Aquifer – San Antonio Express-News