AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – After weeks of drought steadily spreading and worsening across the Lone Star State, conditions stagnated as of the second week of September. While it wasn’t an improvement, the Texas Water Development Board noted that it was only the second week that drought conditions haven’t actively worsened in Texas since mid-June.
Source: Texas drought stagnates overall, improves in Panhandle as hot summer shifts to autumn
AUSTIN, Texas — The fight for groundwater continues in the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District. Some ranchers are concerned about pumping going on in their area.
Source: Bastrop sod company’s irrigation permit delayed over groundwater concerns
The clerk of the Supreme Court granted an extension for arguments against a settlement proposal in a decade-long lawsuit over the Rio Grande.
Source: Objections to Rio Grande SCOTUS settlement could drop in October – Source New Mexico
LIBERTY HILL, Texas (KXAN) — Dustin Baxter’s front yard is scorched yellow and dried out other than a few green patches. “We managed to keep all the stuff right around our house alive by hand-watering,” Baxter said. “It’s hard to say if the if the lawn will come back, we’ll probably end up losing quite a bit of our landscape.”
Source: Georgetown finds new water source, but relief is years away
Natural aquifers were inflated with ‘artesian’ pressure, but a century of groundwater pumping in the US has deflated its aquifers
The Texas High Plains can be unforgiving with lack of rainfall, high temperatures and powerful wind gusts. Barry Evans, a Swisher County, Texas, farmer, has learned to embrace the challenging environment and find success with his cotton operation. Evans, of Kress, Texas, spoke about his management practices at High Plains Journal’s recent Cotton U event. […]
Source: Lessons from a no-till cotton farmer in the Texas High Plains – High Plains Journal
MINERAL WELLS — The number of wells drilled in Parker and Wise counties blows other Texas counties out of the water.
Source: Shaw discusses area groundwater management at Water Summit | News | azlenews.net
A quiet groundwater consensus emerged at World Water Week 2023: data and localization must become global priorities in the push for a sustainable groundwater future.
Despite cooler temperatures and some rain moving into the area, the effects of one of Central Texas’ hottest summers recorded paired with extreme drought conditions linger.
Source: Drought conditions strain Georgetown water resources, necessitating restrictions | Community Impact