In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, explores the complexities of Colorado River management and related water issues in Utah, with Emily E. Lewis, a Director, Shareholder, and Co-Chair of the Natural Resources and Water Law Practice Group at Clyde Snow and Sessions in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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talk+water: Jeremy Mazur and Gabriel Collins
In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses water infrastructure funding and the Texas economy with Jeremy Mazur, Director of Natural Resources and Infrastructure Policy for Texas 2036, and Gabriel Collins, Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (Baker Institute).
talk+water: Brigid Shea
In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Brigid Shea, Travis County Commissioner, about water conservation efforts in Travis County.
think+water: Water management effects on drought, natech and environmental justice, and firefighting in karst
This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications covering the impacts of water management on hydrological drought characteristics across seven major rivers in Texas, the climate justice implications of natech disasters during major hurricanes on the Texas Gulf Coast, and best management practices to prevent contamination of karstic aquifers from emergency fire-control runoff.
outlook+water: Drought doubles (and is gonna get worse), La Niña looks to be a coin flip
Drought conditions doubled to 74% of the state (D1–D4); statewide reservoir storage declined to 70.6% full, about 10 percentage points below normal for this time of year. La Nada is still here with a 60% chance of La Niña arriving in September-October-November. Drought is expected to remain and develop across nearly the entire state over the next three months.