Groundwater-related news articles over the last month (July 2022) that I am aware of. I provide these as an FYI—I make no guarantees on the accuracy of these reports (despite some occasional editorializing on my part [or my participation in an article!]).
- Williamson County talking (again) about forming a groundwater conservation district:
- Still talk of a settlement on the U.S. Supreme Court case on New Mexico’s groundwater pumping impacts on delivery of Rio Grande water to Texas:
- Jacob’s Well stops flowing for the fourth time on record:
- Drought gets worse:
- USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded a multiyear Coordinated Agriculture Project (CAP) to address the challenges faced by the Ogallala aquifer:
- Check out Spring Lake in San Marcos:
- Dry Rio Grande complicates deliveries to Texas:
- Concerns about rock-crushing and water wells in Liberty Hill:
- Concerns about wells near San Bernard River:
- Texas is drying up, we better protect our groundwater:
- Edwards Aquifer Authority Education Outreach Center:
- Panhandle Runs on Water: City of Borger plans to pump more groundwater to support industry:
- Edwards Aquifer Authority: ‘Stage four water restrictions likely’
- Water and land dispute along Medina Lake between two regulatory agencies comes to an end (paywalled)
- Texas Water Trade unveils aquifer protection fund
- Edwards Aquifer drops to lowest level since 2014
- New downtown mural shows importance of water to the Texas Panhandle
- What has San Antonio lost with the dissolution of its full-time symphony? ‘A cultural aquifer’ [neat how groundwater is so steeped in San Antonio’s culture that groundwater terms show up in San Antonio’s culture!]
- Southwestern Travis County groundwater officials declare extreme drought
- Topics for the Burleson & Milam Counties Groundwater Summit announced
- Texas v. New Mexico Rio Grande trial delayed due to settlement talks
- Water on the High Plains: Details, drought, and the day-to-day
- San Marcos City Council tables reconsideration of tax break for film studio [concerns over development on the recharge zone]
- Edwards Aquifer, ‘a leaky bucket’ that can refill quickly
so secret, occult, and concealed 