The rate hike comes as the district struggles with a budget deficit it mostly blames on mounting legal expenses in an ongoing legal battle with Conroe.LSGCD posted a net loss of $778,621 in 2016, a loss it blames on rising legal costs from the Conroe lawsuit, as well as a reduction in water usage.During Tuesday’s meeting, board members heard the district has posted a net loss so far this year of $119,373 — even as the board moves to cut thousands of dollars from its budget, including community education and outreach programs, cable television advertising and other items.groundwater production.

Source: LSGCD keeps blame on Conroe for financial woes, raises rate –

Ten states sign on to support California water agencies as they appeal to the Supreme Court in a tribe?s landmark lawsuit over groundwater rights.

Source: 10 states back California agencies in fight with tribe over groundwater

On Wednesday, the Culberson County Groundwater Conservation District voted on the Agua Grande project, a brainchild of Dan Allen Hughes. The West Texas board voted unanimously to approve the projec?

Source: Dan Hughes gets the go ahead for his West Texas water project

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) ? A key task force in eastern New Mexico is set to unveil its plan to conserve water from a massive groundwater supply that underlies parts of New Mexico, Texas and several other states….

Source-?Key eastern New Mexico water plan set to be released- El Paso Inc.?

A West Texas board unanimously approved an ambitious new project to drill into a desert aquifer near Van Horn, build a 60-mile pipeline and ship 5.4 million gallons of water a day from the Apache Mountains to the heart of the nation’s most prolific oil field, the Permian Basin, to feed thirsty hydraulic fracturing operations. A West Texas board unanimously approved….

Source: Board approves Dan Hughes’ West Texas water project – Houston Chronicle

VAN HORN ? A West Texas land baron and oilman is on the verge of pumping 5.4 million gallons of water a day from far under the desert mountains here and piping it 60 miles to the nation’s most bountiful oil field, the Permian Basin, where hydraulic fracturing has fueled a renaissance of U.S. oil and gas production. With water in short supply and high demand, Dan Allen Hughes Jr., one of the largest landowners in the United States and president of his father’s eponymous oil company, plans to tap an aquifer under his 140,000-acre Apache Ranch. […] Hughes has run into a wall of opposition from West Texas farmers, ranchers, residents and environmentalists, who worry he will steal water from their cattle, dry up their crops and deplete the spring that feeds the famous pool at Balmorhea State Park.

Source: As the oil patch demands more water, West Texas fights over a scarce resource – Houston Chronicle

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given a West Texas site a federal Superfund designation marking it as one of the most hazardous waste sites in the country.

Source: West Texas groundwater site added to federal Superfund list

Dan Hughes, Jr., one of the biggest landowners in the U.S. and owner of the Dan A. Hughes oil company, has applied to the Culberson County Groundwater Conservation District to export 6,000 acre-feet of water a year, or about 130,000 barrels per day, to feed hydraulic fracturing operations in the Delaware Basin..

Source: Oil man, rancher Dan Hughes looks to start frac water business in West Texas – Houston Chronicle

Source: Water management becoming increasingly significant issue – Midland Reporter-Telegram

Source: Supreme Court considers first-ever groundwater reserves beneath state boundaries case – National Groundwater Association