Groundwater-related news articles over the last month (September 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!]).
- MPGCD, RRC battle over who should fix Lake Boehmer
- The race to find 2,100 missing species before they go extinct
- Drought leads to strain on New Braunfels, Central Texas water supply
- Oil and Gas Extraction are Producing Historic Amount of Wastewater in Texas
- An Iconic Texas Spring Was Dry for Months. Is Mother Nature or Man to Blame?
- Dispelling common water myths
- See A Cenote Without Leaving The US At This Texas Swimming Hole
- Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller: The great Texas water plan
- Texas, New Mexico dispute over Rio Grande heads to trial
- Drought leads to strain on Central Texas water supply
- To save water in Texas, these nonprofits are paying farmers to leave it in reservoirs
- Drought forcing producers to experiment with alternative growing methods
- Agrilife recieves historic grant, leading inititative for Texas to become climate smart
- A developer wants to put a million gallons of treated sewage a day into Helotes Creek
- Texas, NM miss settlement deadline in groundwater case
- Alleviating Drought: AquaterreX Locates Deep Seated Fresh Water in Texas
- Drought impact at Jacob’s Well tracked by monitoring wells
- EPA may try to block what could be the first seawater desalination plant built in Texas
‘Mantle rain’ – that sounds like magical thinking. I am not comfortable with the ‘Deep groundwater’ article – poorly written and not scientific.
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Those folks have been making the rounds… I included it here since, well, they have been making the rounds.
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They made the rounds more than 12 years ago, hitting all the universities – I spoke to them and all they wanted was money – and university sponsorship – to drill a deep deep hole.
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Great list, will keep me busy for a while but what about that Austin Chronicle article that came out last week. Wish It Would Rain about the Tx Tribute Festival. Good article. DW
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That would have been a good one, but didn’t mention groundwater.
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