A groundbreaking study led by UT Geography Alum (2011) Charles Wight, associate professor Eugenio Arima, and their colleagues revealed how active the water market in Texas is. Their research uncovered over $1.3 billion in water trades, involving a massive 4 million acre-feet—enough water to supply almost 15 million US households for a year.Charles Wight emphasized the significance of the study’s findings, stating,

Source: Study Reveals $1.3 Billion in Texas Water Market Transactions, Highlighting Demand Management’s Role in Addressing Water Scarcity  >

The Ogallala Aquifer which stretches from Nebraska to the Panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas is getting more attention over the depletion of its lifeblood for farmers and ranchers. And it’s not casual attention. This time, it is the state of Kansas where it wants more restrictions on the part of the groundwater management districts

Source: Kansas is doing more than talk about growing depletion of Ogallala Aquifer – Oklahoma Energy Today

The large-scale facility for removing salt from seawater is set to be built where experts have warned it could do considerable damage to marine life in the city’s namesake bay.

Source: Corpus Christi’s First Water-Desalination Plant Could Create “Dead Zones”

Speaking to Dallas-area business leaders Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas’ energy sector is poised for growth under a second Trump Administration and called on state lawmakers to prioritize securing water resources and exploring nuclear energy during the upcoming legislative session.

Source: In Dallas, Gov. Abbott pitches water security, nuclear energy as legislative priorities (DMN)

Source: New Coalition Launches Statewide Initiative, Asks Texans to Get Dedicated to Water Funding 

Seawater will infiltrate underground freshwater supplies in about three of every four coastal areas around the world by the year 2100, according to a recent study led by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. 

Source: NASA-DOD Study: Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100 (JPL – NASA)

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Wednesday she’s suing a Saudi Arabian agribusiness for allegedly violating a public nuisance law, contending that its groundwater …

Source: Arizona AG sues Saudi firm over ‘excessive’ groundwater pumping, saying it’s a public nuisance – KXAN Austin

During a roundtable hosted by Ogallala Commons on Wednesday morning, groundwater management officials and lawmaker representatives joined other stakeholders in discussing developing programs to pay…

Source: High Plains communities, agricultural producers, organizers talk groundwater conservation incentives in roundtable meeting

IMPERIAL There is water in all the wrong places in this corner of West Texas.

Source: Recycled oilfield water could aid drought-stricken West Texas – Odessa American