Every month during the 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, Dr. Todd Votteler provides an update on water-related legislation.
Sections
q&a+water: Rodrigo Israel González-Velázquez & Jose Luis Castro-Ruiz
In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler interviews Rodrigo Israel González-Velázquez and Jose Luis Castro-Ruiz about their recent article in the Texas Water Journal, “Water Management in the Rio Conchos Basin: Impacts on Water Deliveries Under the 1944 Treaty.”
think+water: Climate change and the Pecos River Compact, climate change and South Central Texas, and San Antonio’s aquifer storage and recovery project
This month we explore articles on the topics of recommending changes to the Pecos River Compact to address the realities of a changing climate, analyzing reallocation and development actions between and within municipal, agricultural, and energy industry users in a water-scarce region, and reviewing lessons learned from 18 years’ operating experience at a large aquifer storage recovery wellfield for the San Antonio Water System.
outlook+water: Under an El Niño watch, drought stable (but expected to continue)
Summary: The Climate Prediction Center has issued an El Niño Watch with a 62% chance of conditions forming during May-June-July with an 80% chance in late summer. The amount of the state under drought conditions remained the same from four weeks ago at 58%, with drought intensity decreasing in the southern third of the coastal plains. Warmer than normal temperatures are expected over the next three months, with normal rainfall except for the High Plains and Far West Texas, where drier than normal conditions are expected.
talk+water: Perry Fowler, Sarah Schlessinger, and Jeremy Mazur
Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler talks about water and the 88th Session of the Texas Legislature with Perry Fowler, Executive Director of the Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TWIN), Sarah Schlessinger, Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Water Foundation, and Jeremy Mazur, Senior Policy Advisor for Texas 2036.