Local activists warn that while residents must ration, unimpeded industrial expansion is imperiling the region’s future.
Source: A Thirsty Tesla Refinery Could Exacerbate Corpus Christi’s Water Crisis | Texas Observer
Opinion: Planning for North Central Texas’ future water supply is a must
Life requires water. It’s not a want. It’s a need. The Region C Water Planning Group has a simple charge: To ensure the 16-county North Central Texas region — and its millions of residents, communities and job creators — has a plan to meet its essential water needs today, tomorrow and well into the future.
Source: Opinion: Planning for North Central Texas’ future water supply is a must | DMN
Desalination is much simpler for U.S. submarines than Texas communities
Desalination offers great potential for Texas but comes with significant cost and environmental challenges.
San Antonio is slowly sinking, largely due to groundwater extraction
SAN ANTONIO – A new study published in Nature Cities found that 25 of the 28 largest U.S. cities are sinking.San Antonio is sinking at a rate of 1.1 millimeter
Source: San Antonio is slowly sinking, largely due to groundwater extraction | News4sa
Earthquake triggers shutdown order for West Texas oilfield operation
News Release: May 15, 2025: Texas Accepts First Dedication of Water Rights for Environmental Protection in 20 Years – TPWD
Rio Grande Valley leaders need more water to sustain growth | The Texas Tribune
Leaders hope to treat groundwater and capture more rain as the water from one of the nation’s most iconic rivers becomes less reliable.
Source: Rio Grande Valley leaders need more water to sustain growth | The Texas Tribune
Tracking the Texas Legislature water measures | The Texas Tribune
Most lawmakers — as well as Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — want to invest big in water. Here are the proposals that would do it.
Source: Tracking the Texas Legislature water measures | The Texas Tribune
Texas farmers struggle as Mexico and U.S. wrestle with water from the Rio Grande treaty | TPR
Recently, Mexico began sending more water to the U.S. to uphold its end of a nearly 80-year-old treaty that spells out how two countries share water. But farmers and water experts say the new agreement won’t be enough.
Source: Texas farmers struggle as Mexico and U.S. wrestle with water from the Rio Grande treaty | TPR
BCRAGD board denies Vanderpool rehearing, fields community concerns
Bandera Bulletin
Source: BCRAGD board denies Vanderpool rehearing, fields community concerns | Bandera Bulletin