The second-largest desalination plant in Texas was unveiled this week in San Antonio, adding significantly to the San Antonio Water System‘s water supplies. The plant, which turns salty groundwater into drinking water, can supply up to 4.4 billion gallons per year, enough for 100,000 households….
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In West Texas, abandoned well sinks land, sucks tax dollars (Texas Tribune 1-22-17)
Land around a West Texas roadway used to be flat. Now, it?s fissured, sinking and has cost taxpayers more than a million dollars ? all because of a water well that was left unplugged.
Protecting the drops we drink: Who owns Texas water? (The Eagle 1-16-17)
As Texas population continues to increase, so will demands for water. The answer to the question of who owns Texas water will continue as a point of argument.
Officials: Latest decision in Texas vs. NM water lawsuit favors south (Las Cruces Sun-News 1-10-17)
LAS CRUCES – Some irrigators?said Monday they’re hopeful a?decision reached by a federal water?agency in recent days may boost the chances of a settlement in a U.S. Supreme Court water lawsuit between Texas and New Mexico over the Rio Grande in south-central New Mexico.
Norrises? CForce hopes to take on premium bottled-water brands (The Eagle 1-11-17)
GRIMES COUNTY ? Both the old and the new were celebrated Tuesday ? a new premium bottled water company owned by Chuck and Gena Norris and the ancient water they are bottling and selling under the CForce brand.
As Rains Soak California, Farmers Test How To Store Water Underground (Texas Public Radio 1-12-17)
Six years ago, Don Cameron, the general manager of Terranova Ranch, southwest of Fresno, Calif., did something that seemed kind of crazy.
He went out to a nearby river, which was running high because of recent rains, and he opened an irrigation gate. Water rushed down a canal and flooded hundreds of acres of vineyards ? even though it was wintertime. The vineyards were quiet. Nothing was growing.
Groundwater Resources Around The World Could Be Depleted By 2050s (Water Online 1-10-17)
Human consumption could deplete groundwater in parts of India, southern Europe and the U.S. in the coming decades, according to new research presented here today.
Groundwater Declines Seen, Even in Wet Climates: Studies (Bloomberg 8-22-2016)
Water availability in the U.S. characterized by four years of drought in the West and more rainfall in the East reflects the nation’s geographic extremes from deserts and mountains to low-lying almost tropical swamplands. Even where water seems abundant, increasing demand is stressing the ability to re-charge groundwater supplies everywhere.
States await decision on water war (Lakeside News 12-28-16)
As the final days of 2016 neared, Georgia and Florida water warriors awaited words from the Solomon tasked with deciding how much of the life sustaining flow each should get. Special Master Ralph Lancaster wrapped up more than 80 hours of testimony in a Maine federal courtroom Dec. 1 with his usual admonition: ?Please settle this blasted thing.?
By 2040, San Antonio?s water sources will be more diverse and expensive (SAEN 12-24-16)
As San Antonio grows at one of the fastest rates in the nation, its water utility is trying both to promote an abundant water supply and persuade people to conserve every drop they can.
The San Antonio Water System is bringing on billions of gallons of new…