Private wells have started drying up — some for the first time, and ranchers are struggling to tend to their crops and animals.
Source: Dry riverbeds, tapped-out wells: Drought takes toll in Hill Country
Private wells have started drying up — some for the first time, and ranchers are struggling to tend to their crops and animals.
Source: Dry riverbeds, tapped-out wells: Drought takes toll in Hill Country
The initial grant will allow Texas to plug a fraction of the state’s approximately 7,400 documented abandoned oil and gas wells.
Source: Texas Railroad Commission using federal money to plug abandoned oil wells | The Texas Tribune
Attorneys for the states and federal government have a partial draft of the settlement, but Texas pushes for trial if parties can’t agree by Sept. 23.
Source: Texas, New Mexico settlement deadline over Rio Grande spat nears
Water from the sky in recent days replaces groundwater being used for irrigation. College Station water resource coordinator Jennifer Nations says Monday’s consumption in College Station of 18.1 million gallons was the lowest since June [Read More…]
Source: Water From The Sky Replaces Groundwater Being Used For Irrigation – WTAW | 1620AM & 94.5FM
GBRA (Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority) Drilling requested three additional wells in the Carrizo Aquifer, pumping water to Hays County and the I-35 corridor. Gonzales Underground Water Conservation …
Source: Water Conservation District assures water is plentiful in certain regions | The Gonzales Inquirer
The drought will likely continue into the fall and winter.
Source: A Texas drought threatens water supply, agriculture | The Texas Tribune
HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A population boom in the Texas Hill Country and a growing demand for housing could drive water supplies towards a “tipping point,” according to Katherine Romans with Hill Country Alliance.
“In the 1950s, our drought of record in Texas, we had about 800,000 people in the Texas Hill Country. Today, that number is closer to 3 million,”