Mexico failed to deliver millions of gallons of water to South Texas farmers, in defiance of a 1944 treaty. Now, members of Texas’ congressional delegation are calling on the Trump administration to make Mexico’s failure a part of upcoming trade negotiations — including new sanctions if necessary.
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Maria-Elena Giner faced a room full of farmers, irrigation managers and residents in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas on April 2. The local agricultural community was reeling. Reservoirs on the Rio Grande were near record lows and the state had already warned that water cutbacks would be necessary. The last sugar mill in the region closed in February, citing the lack of water. READ: The other border dispute is over an 80-year-old water treaty
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McAllen city leaders recently approved a nearly 40% increase to its water rates in order to pay for nearly $200 million in loans that will fund the construction of a desalination plant and several groundwater wells.
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The Mayor Pro Tem of Bastrop, John Kirkland, is opposed to Austin Water's Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) project, which would pump treated surface water into the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer beneath Bastrop County, due to potential risks of depleting local wells and contaminating the aquifer.
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Liberty Hill launched the Pure Water LHTX program late last year, an initiative that involves sending treated wastewater to an advanced water purification facility where it’s converted into drinking water.
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The city of Laredo issued an emergency advisory Friday after oil was discovered in part of the city's wastewater system, officials said. Laredo Mayor Dr. Victor Trevino signed the proclamation Oct. 17, citing city and state environmental authority to act once the leak was found.
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The city is currently under stage 4 drought restrictions.
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Three candidates are running in a special election to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Kelly Hancock, who now serves as the state’s acting comptroller: Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republicans Leigh Wambsganss and John Huffman. Early voting started Oct. 20 and runs through Oct. 31, and Election Day is Nov. 4.
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The loan, which would come from the state, could be used to buy land or easements to protect the recharge zones of the Edwards and Trinity aquifers. READ: Comal County to pursue $30 million loan to protect land over aquifers
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The 14th Court of Appeals has granted the San Jacinto River Authority immunity from several Hurricane Harvey lawsuits. During Harvey in 2017, SJRA released water from its Lake Conroe reservoir into the West Fork of the San Jacinto River, resulting in numerous downstream home owners, as well as business owners, to sue, alleging the authority’s action caused or worsened flooding on their properties.
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State Senator Charles Perry writes in support of Prop 4, which would dedicate $1 billion per year to the Texas Water Fund for the next 20 years.
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An East Texas groundwater conservation district is negotiating a legal path that would pause a plan to pump billions of gallons of water out of the region. The Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District is allowing its lawyers to settle a lawsuit with a poultry farm that sued the district, which gave preliminary approval to a Dallas-area company to install 40 high-capacity water wells above the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer.
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More and more people are moving to Texas, straining existing water sources. New sources are needed, but developing them won’t be cheap.
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San Marcos is suing a regional water authority over an attempted water supply project, alleging it paid millions of dollars and is wrongfully being billed despite not receiving any water. The Hays County city of about 70,000 people has seen increasing demand for water as its population has swelled. In 2021, San Marcos officials signed a contract with Canyon Regional Water Authority to provide treated water to the city.
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If approved, Proposition 4 would generate $20 billion dedicated to state water projects over the next twenty years and up to $1B of sales tax revenue going into the Texas Water Fund every year starting in 2027.
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South Texas' drought is becoming bone dry serious. Local leaders met on Monday to discuss ways to keep the sources from running dry.
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Corpus Christi’s reservoirs plunge to historic lows and leaders are mired in political infighting, accusations of corruption, and mounting pressure from industry giants. Read: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/water-scarcity-hits-corpus-christi-210038077.html
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More than 90 years after Fort Worth and Dallas leaders dreamed of connecting the Trinity River to the Gulf, the vision finally came true — just not by water.
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When Elida Castillo drives around Corpus Christi, she doesn’t see a city about to run out of water. Instead, Castillo, who leads an environmental advocacy group called Chispa Texas, sees car washes opening; houses being built in new subdivisions; new refinery smokestacks sprouting along Corpus Christi Bay. But the city is running out of water. If nothing changes by late next year the city will begin curtailing usage by 25%, leaving both residents and the region’s massive petrochemical industry to figure how to make do with a lot less.
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