The past four weeks have been horribly dry with most of the state receiving less than 10 percent of normal rainfall. Large areas of exceptional drought are now in place on the High Plains and in the Big Bend area. Drought conditions are projected to persist and spread across Texas.
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talk+water: Sharon B. Megdal
Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler talks with Dr. Sharon B. Megdal, Director of The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), a
Cooperative Extension center and a research unit in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Her work focuses on water policy and management, on which she writes and frequently speaks.
outlook+water: The Atlantic Vincent van Gogh’d, Drought Relief and La Niña
The tropical storm season continues to break records, including making the Atlantic look like Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” Speaking of tropical storms, recent rainfall has pulled much of the eastern half of the state out of drought conditions. La Niña conditions are now officially entrenched in the Pacific, leading to projections of warmer and drier conditions in the state over the next three months.
think+water: Dam Failures, Lemon Water and Naturalized Flows
This month we explore academic publications on the topics of dams and dam failures in Texas, the power of using lemons for water disinfection and the relationship between naturalized flows and observed flows.
