AUSTIN, Texas — In 2011, Texas experienced one of its worst droughts ever. The dry, parched conditions caused over $7 billion in crop and livestock

Source: Record-Breaking Texas Drought More Severe Than Previously Thought – UT News

Attorneys laid out their arguments Monday during the first day of a virtual trial in a lawsuit over Rio Grande water with Texas and the federal government

Source: Trial starts in Rio Grande Supreme Court water lawsuit between New Mexico and Texas – El Paso Matters

The Supreme Court today questioned Mississippi’s novel claim that it holds sole rights to groundwater in an aquifer along the Tennessee border.

Source: Supreme Court grills Miss. on unusual groundwater claim – E&E News

State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon says the weather event usually means warmer and drier conditions, but might only last a few months.

Source: La Niña Developing In Pacific Could Affect Texas – Texas A&M Today

Mississippi v. Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. The court’s decision could fundamentally restructure interstate groundwater law

Source: In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater – SCOTUSblog

Leading the charge in conserving water for future generations in the Texas Panhandle is a constant battle. C. E. Williams a farmer by trade spent decades exploring and implementing water conservation while working as the General Manager of a district that started operating in 1956. “What’s your most important function and I said conservation of the water,” said C. E. Williams, retired from Panhandle Groundwater District. For decades C. E.

Source: C.E. Williams honored for service and dedication | KVII

International officials must work together to research and conserve shared groundwater supplies, experts from New Mexico, Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuah

Source: U.S., Mexico officials urge collaboration on water issues – Albuquerque Journal

Studying the area’s groundwater recharge and spring hydrochemistry, the project is one of 20 nationwide projects receiving funding from the Bureau of Reclamation.

Source: SwRI to begin two-year study of west Texas groundwater | WaterWorld

An 8-year-old Supreme Court lawsuit about a dispute over groundwater pumping on the Rio Grande between Texas and New Mexico is making its way to trial.

Source: What the Texas-New Mexico dispute over the Pecos River can tell us about the Rio Grande fight – El Paso Matters

Even Texas Water Supply’s largest customers are upset with the company and want out of their contracts.

Source: Water company’s moves anger buyers, landowners, local governments