The state lawmakers blamed Mexico for the recent closure of a Rio Grande Valley sugar mill that employed 500 people.

Source: Bipartisan group of South Texas lawmakers accuse Mexico of violating Water Treaty | San Antonio | San Antonio Current

“We want to get to the bottom of this and stop it.”

Source: Lawmakers rush to stop ‘catastrophic-level event’ at Texas oil fields: ‘We are going to have complete and utter ecological devastation’

MERCEDES, Texas (Border Report) — Mexico’s refusal to pay back the water it owes to the United States has made for a “dire” situation in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, the head of the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission said.

Source: ‘A dire situation’: Mexico’s refusal to pay water debt grips South Texas border

By Emmy PowellCommunications SpecialistSoutheast Texas crawfish and rice farmers continue to feel impacts from last summer’s drought and lack of irrigation water.“The last two years have been tough. Costs, equipment and everything else is going up and price of grain doesn’t follow that price,” Kerry Abney, who grows rice, told the

Source: Crawfish, rice impacted by last summer’s drought – Texas Farm Bureau

Source: TSCRA: Amicus Brief Filed Supporting Landowners in Dispute Over Ownership of Groundwater | Morning Ag Clips

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Gulf could soon be more than just a place to enjoy the beach. It could be how you get your drinking water.

Source: Would you sip Gulf seawater? Study looks at potential of converting it into SE Texas drinking water

Parts of southern and western Texas are facing water shortages including drought conditions in some cases.

Source: Texas Map Shows Where Water Shortage Is Blighting Parts of State

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is facing calls to declare a “state of disaster” over water shortages in the Rio Grande Valley.

Source: Texas Faces Water Crisis

By Peter E. Hosey, Reagan M. Marble, Robert M. Biedrzycki, Brandon Durrett, and Brenda Eckert The fight over produced water has become a contentious issue in the oil patch. Primarily, because it is a new and unforeseen source of revenue for operators and landowners. This article provides a general overview of how one of oil and gas’s biggest liabilities has quickly become one of its greatest assets.

Source: Mine: All Mine? Texas Ownership of Produced Water and Its Constituent Parts (Lithium) – Jackson Walker

The self-styled ‘Sparkling City by the Sea’ could be the first to dive into ocean desalination — but many local residents are opposed.

Source: Corpus Christi grapples with community debate over ocean desalination | TPR