Conservation News
Water worries making waves | Albuquerque Journal
Mesilla Bolson, Rio Grande under increasing pressure from growing industrial development, upstream agricultural demands
Questions on water project raised as Bryan City Council considers finance agreement with state board (The Eagle 8-21-2016)
The Bryan City Council on Tuesday will consider a financing agreement with the Texas Water Development Board for about $2.3 million in funding for a preliminary study for a water conservation project, but the plans have raised some questions at the local groundwater conservation district.
Judge rules against Republic Water Company (Odessa American 8-18-16)
A state judge ruled against the businessmen seeking a new water supply for Odessa, deciding that their effort to force the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District to grant a hearing about their plan to export the precious resource was premature.
Scott Alagood: Water rights in spotlight with Texas? growth (Denton RC 8-17-16)
According to the Texas Water Development Board, Texas? population is expected to increase from approximately 29.5 million to 51 million between 2020 and 2070. It is projected that over half of the population growth….
Despite dangers, few regulations for private well users (KXAN 8-12-16)
AUSTIN (KXAN) ? Nobody is going to keep Joan Lawson?s water clean for her, not that she?s complaining about it…..
Texas Senate is Pushed to Streamline Groundwater Regulations | Texas Lawyer
MAGAZINE What Happens to the U.S. Midwest When the Water’s Gone? (NatGeo – August, 2016)
“Whoa,” yells Brownie Wilson, as the steel measuring tape I am feeding down the throat of an irrigation well on the Kansas prairie gets away from me and unspools rapidly into the depths below.
What Happens to the U.S. Midwest When the Waters Gone?
The Ogallala aquifer turned the region into America’s breadbasket. Now it, and a way of life, are being drained away.
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