New to Texas+Water, ground+water is a roundup of groundwater-related news articles over the last month, compiled by Dr. Robert Mace. These are provided as an FYI—and there are no guarantees on the accuracy of these reports, despite some occasional editorializing on Dr. Mace’s part. He seeks to post open-access articles and generally does not include paywall articles, but if he feels like simply knowing that an article exists is useful, he will post it. Some articles reference activities that have come and gone; he will post these so readers know what activities are happening around the state.
Groundwater Headlines
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Almost 10 Years Later: Rio Grande Water Dispute Between Texas and New Mexico Resolved [premature, methinks…] (JD Supra – February 1, 2023)
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Our Water Matters (Big Bend Sentinel – February 1, 2023)
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Environmental advocates push feds to investigate Texas’ enforcement of water quality (Texas Tribune – February 1, 2023)
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Desalination plant coming to Alice in 2024 (KIII – February 3, 2023)
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Stewarding Our Aquifer Field Day conference moves to Amarillo Civic Center (My Plainview – February 3, 2023)
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Feds warn Rio Grande settlement could trigger disaster [here we go!] (E&E News – February 6, 2023)
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Rio Grande settlement proposal is in federal judge’s hand (Source New Mexico – February 7, 2023)
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State officials call Rio Grande settlement with Texas a good deal (Santa Fe New Mexican – February 8, 2023)
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Flume 2022 Residential Water Use Index Explores Demand Trends (Yahoo Finance – February 9, 2023)
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NM officials request $125M over five years to cut groundwater pumping below Elephant Butte (Source New Mexico – February 10, 2023)
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NM, Texas officials back water settlement (Albuquerque Journal – February 10, 2023)
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Aquifer conservation making strides on Comal, San Marcos waterways (Community Impact – February 14, 2023)
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Texas Appeals Court Ends Pecan Farm’s Water Permit Suit (Law360 – February 17, 2023)
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Salted earth at the tail of the Rio Grande’s snowmelt (Source New Mexico – February 20, 2023)
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US: TGS licenses recently-enhanced carbon storage prospecting platform to major energy company (Energy-Pedia News – February 21, 2023)
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Burnet County remains under critical drought stage (DailyTrib.com – February 21, 2023)
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EPA clears Texas Superfund site as safe for reuse and redevelopment (CBS DFW – February 22, 2023)
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Clearwater district annexation hearings set; voters could decide on issue at later date (KIII – February 22, 2023)
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City of Corpus Christi looks at standalone water sources to help withstand droughts (Temple Daily Telegram – February 22, 2023)
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Commentary: Heat is on to conserve more water (San Antonio Express-News – February 23, 2023)
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1,000+ acres of biodiverse Texas Hill Country permanently protected from development (KSAT – February 24, 2023)