USDA to invest $8m in Ogallala Aquifer Initiative, and add focus areas in Nebraska and Oklahoma.

Source: USDA expands water conservation in Ogallala aquifer

Just as the Wimberley Valley activists who organized to oppose Electro Purification?s controversial water project in Hays County are starting to see results, they are gearing up for a new fight against an old foe: the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District east of Wimberley.

Source: Next Wimberley water fight: Needmore Ranch | www.mystatesman.com

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Dr. Roel Lopez, director of the Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, told me back in September that the ?cookie? ? a water policy study that Councilman Ron Nirenberg requested more than a year ago ? still was ?gooey? and unfit for consumption. Analyzing the drawbacks and benefits of 12 water supply projects in San Antonio, it takes a hard look at the Vista Ridge project, a planned $3.4 billion pipeline….

Source: The ?goo? is gone

A final report on the future of water in San Antonio called the Vista Ridge pipeline and several other projects ?high risk,? while a five-member team of experts that was asked to review the report rated the pipeline medium risk. The city did not release…

Source: Report rates Vista Ridge pipeline high risk; five reviewers rate it medium – San Antonio Express-News

Texas? top environmental regulators sealed a major victory Wednesday for Austin and other Central Texas lakeside communities in their ongoing water tug-of-war with South Texas farmers.

Source: State officials approve Central Texas-friendly water management plan

Source: SWCDS calls for stepping up action to recharge Ogallala Aquifer – MyPlainview.com: Agriculture

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