Power bills, water use, tax breaks and local impacts are under scrutiny as Texas lawmakers examine the state’s data center boom.

Source: Texas lawmakers scrutinize data center boom over power, water | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The sector that puts food on Texas tables discusses its challenges in operating in the shadow of the data industry.

Source: Water, Screwworm, and Data Centers: Texas House Hearing Discusses ‘Agricultural Crisis’ | State House | The Texan

As oil and gas companies run out of places to put their wastewater, Texas regulators draft permits for treatment and reuse outside the oilfields.

Source: Pressure Increases for Texas to Allow Treated Drilling Waste Into Rivers and Rangeland | Inside Climate News

Across 25 years and five planning cycles, no state or regional water plan projected a shortage for Corpus Christi or neighboring cities.

Source: Plans Never Sent a Steady Signal of the Coastal Bend Water Crisis | Texas 2036

State water planners don’t use climate projections when they plan for future water supply. Experts say they should model for more extreme droughts rather than relying on historical data.

Source: Corpus Christi water crisis exposed flaws in Texas water plan | The Texas Tribune

The Hopkins County Commissioners Court met Tuesday morning, Aug. 11, approving routine county business and a resolution supporting the creation of a regional groundwater conservation district to protect the Carrizo-Wilcox

Source: Resolution approved to protect Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer | News | ssnewstelegram.com

Amid rising water demand, Northeast Texas counties aim to establish a groundwater conservation district to protect vital resources, with legislative approval sought

Source: ‘They’re coming after our water’: East Texas farmers push for groundwater conservation district | cbs19.tv

A proposed Northeast Texas groundwater district has support from 14 counties as lawmakers work to protect water resources.

Source: Northeast Texas groundwater district proposal gains support from 14 counties | CBS 19

America’s second-largest reservoir hit a record-low water level over the weekend.

Source: Without new water, America’s second-largest reservoir may collapse | SF Gate

Five feet is the distance separating Lake Mead’s latest record low from a potentially severe constraint on Hoover Dam. Southern California water officials warn that a projected decline of roughly that amount could reduce the dam’s power generation by about 70%.

Source: Five-foot Lake Mead drop could cut Hoover Dam power 70% | MSN