MASON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A dam that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say was constructed illegally in Mason County is blocking water from flowing toward the Highland Lakes, which serve as Austin’s drinking water supply.
Source: Illegal dam in Mason County blocking water from refilling Highland Lakes
When you drive out Ranch Road 12, deep into Hays County in the central Texas Hill Country, you’ll come to the bustling little town of Wimberley.
Texas cities are asking residents to decrease water use during a historic drought.
Source: Experts and officials wonder if water restrictions actually work in Texas | TPR
About a quarter of the United States’s irrigated cropland sits on top of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Great Plains. But water levels are dropping, and states are taking different approaches to monitoring how much groundwater irrigators are pumping out.
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water’s surface.
Source: ‘Without water, there is no life’: Drought in Brazil’s Amazon is sharpening fears for the future
Here’s why a small water district’s bond request pushed SAWS to sue after years of frustration.
Source: Here’s why SAWS finally filed suit to get out of a water contract
More than 30% of the continental US is experiencing drought after roasting this summer, but in the heart of Texas hill country, the conditions feel worse
Source: Dead lawns, dry wells: Texas drought persists after summer heat dome | Texas | The Guardian