After a dry and hot summer this year, the Office of the State Engineer is preparing to pump water from wellfields in the Pecos Basin to meet the state’s water obligations to Texas in 2021.  De…

Source: ISC: Intrepid water rights could make or break Pecos River settlement agreement | The NM Political Report

Plaintiffs allege the SJRA has conspired to establish a monopoly on water supply in Montgomery County by purchasing all available surface water resources in the region. The SJRA called the lawsuit

Source: Federal court denies SJRA’s motion to dismiss Quadvest antitrust lawsuit | Community Impact Newspaper

As climate change accelerates, clashes between states over water rights are heating up due to this resulting strained resource. The only court with authority to adjudicate these interstate disputes is

Source: SCOTUS Considering Interstate Water Rights

A settlement has been reached in a court case regarding Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the property owners along the Guadalupe Valley lakes.

Source: Settlement reached in lawsuit related to draining of 4 GBRA lakes

A new study from the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University warns that droughts in the latter part of this century could be the worst on record.

Source: How Texas is bracing for impending megadroughts brought by climate change | The Texas Tribune

Source: San Antonio Water System denies claims by Central Texas water district that Vista Ridge water was wasted in Bexar County – ExpressNews.com

Members of the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation District threatened pumping cutbacks and fines of up to $10,000 per day of waste.

Source: Groundwater District Vows To Investigate Vista Ridge Water Waste

The dispute over who gets to control water in a parched corner of southeastern New Mexico: Should the oil industry have access to tens of millions of barrels a year,

Source: ‘We’re fighting for our lives down here’ | Local News | santafenewmexican.com

The report says the state will be facing hotter and drier conditions for decades to come, especially in West Texas.

Source: Texas A&M Study: Texas Will Face Driest Conditions Of The Last 1,000 Years – Texas A&M Today

AUSTIN, Texas — Texans need to prepare for a near future that is hotter, drier and fraught with more water extremes, according to scientists. But

Source: Texas Needs to Start Preparing for Possibility of 10-Year Megadroughts – UT News