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Texas Observer: Lessons for the future of Texas water from the Medina and San Antonio rivers

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“During busy summer days, more than 200 recreational boats launch from Red Cove Cafe & Marina in the unincorporated community of Mico. But on a Wednesday morning this May, only

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August 15, 2023

Inside Climate News: Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead

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“Almost every other day, Charlie Flatten gets a call about another local water well gone dry.  Last week, he tried to help one woman find a water truck to fill

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August 15, 2023

Use Hill Country landscape to mitigate water risks

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This article is by Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation and Vanessa Puig-Williams, Environmental Defense Fund. It originally appeared in the San Antonio Express News on Aug 7, 2023. There’s a

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August 7, 2023

Texas Observer: Dow’s River

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“As with most Texas rivers, the water flowing between the Brazos’ banks is already spoken for. In the late 1800s, Texas began selling off surface water rights to the first

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June 12, 2023

Water Wins & Losses: Key Takeaways from the 88th Legislative Session

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Texas Living Waters partner organizations were hard at work this session aiming to protect our water resources and to ensure healthy, safe, reliable water infrastructure for all Texans.  Prior to

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June 1, 2023

Texas Tribune: Texas lawmakers allocated more than $2 billion to increase the state’s water supply and reduce flooding

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“During this year’s legislative session, Texas lawmakers allocated part of the state’s historic $32.7 billion surplus toward better protecting the state against droughts and floods — an investment that followed

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June 1, 2023

Texas Tribune: Texas lawmakers consider spending $1 billion for flood prevention and Galveston’s “Ike Dike”

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“Texas lawmakers could allocate about a billion dollars this year to prevent floods, but the potentially huge investment is just a fraction of the tens of billions of dollars that

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May 18, 2023

Water loss mitigation is finally getting the attention it deserves

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Some great news for Texas’ strained water resources: after months of intense advocacy on addressing water loss in Texas systems, the Texas Living Waters team got a critical win yesterday

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May 17, 2023

San Antonio Report: Study urging expansion of Texas water markets points to Edwards Aquifer as a ‘robust’ example

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“Growing Texas’ water markets will be essential to minimizing the impacts of water scarcity facing the state in the near future, according to a new environmental analysis by The Nature

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May 11, 2023

Can Lake Lavon, the North Texas Municipal Water District’s primary supplier, maintain its supply?

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‘Woody Woodruff of Greenville lives by the phrase, “Do something you love, and you’ll never work a day,” he said. Woodruff owns Woody’s on the Lake in Lake Lavon. It’s

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April 21, 2023

Amidst record growth, Texas needs to conserve its open land & water resources

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We’re used to bad water news in Texas. This #WorldWaterDay there’s something genuinely worth celebrating: Texas lawmakers are coming together behind two bills (HJR138/HB3165) that would grant $2 billion to

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March 23, 2023

Texas injunction a threat to clean water nationwide

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The decision by a federal judge in Texas to freeze implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s clean water restoration rule in Texas and Idaho delays critical protections for drinking water,

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March 20, 2023

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txwater Texas Living Waters @txwater ·
29 Sep

The Ike Dike could cost $57 billion over a 20-year period due to inflation and rising costs. That puts a much bigger burden on five coastal counties to raise the nearly $20 billion needed for local cost share, notes our policy specialist @DanielleGoshen.

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28 Sep

"To strike oil in America, you need water. Plenty of it."

A fascinating deep dive into how water supplies in Texas are threatened by "monster fracks" that pump aquifers and other vulnerable sources:

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daniellegoshen Danielle Goshen @daniellegoshen ·
24 Sep

A very serious and costly reminder of the importance of maintaining freshwater inflows. They are not just for the health of bay and estuary ecosystems — but for the proper functioning of drinking water systems as well.

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