Every month during the 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature Dr. Robert Mace and Dr. Todd Votteler provide an update on water-related legislation.
Author: Todd Votteler
Todd Votteler is President of Collaborative Water Resolution LLC and Water Opinions LLC. He is the Editor-in-Chief as well as a co-founder of both the Texas Water Journal, and Texas+Water. Todd has 30 years of experience in Texas water resources management, policy, dispute resolution, and science. Votteler served as Special Master during the Edwards Aquifer Endangered Species Act litigation, Sierra Club v Babbitt et al. He has a B.S. in Natural Resources from The University of the South, an M.S. in Natural Resources from The University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Geography from Texas State University.
q&a+water: Dr. Humberto Marengo
In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Dr. Humberto Marengo, Mexican Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)-Mexican Section.
leg+water: February 2021
Every month during the 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, Dr. Robert Mace and Dr. Todd Votteler provide an update on water-related legislation. The key water committees are Water and Rural Affairs in the Senate and Natural Resources in the House of Representatives. First, who is in charge? Senator Charles Perry (R) of Lubbock has been reappointed as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Water and Rural Affairs, while Representative Tracy King (D) of Uvalde has
q&a+water: Elizabeth Fazio Hale
In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Elizabeth Fazio Hale, J.D.,L.L.M, CEO and General Manager of the Gulf Coast Authority.
law+water: Mike Gershon
This month we explore issues on the topics of whether New Mexico is responsible for evaporation losses when storing and accounting for water earmarked for Texas under the Pecos River Compact, whether a groundwater marketer and its municipal partners will face a permit protest from a neighboring pecan farm several years after the initial permit decision or when the permit is automatically renewed and the ability of an existing utility to protect its service area (CCN) from curtailment.