Drought conditions (D1–D4) decreased to 53% of the state from 68% of the state four weeks ago; statewide reservoir storage increased to 77% full up from 76% four weeks ago and about 8 percentage points below normal for this time of year. La Niña has transitioned to neutral conditions, which are favored through October (with a hint of La Niña this winter). Drought is expected to improve over the next three months except in Far West Texas. Is an Atlantic Niña fixin’ to form?
Sections
talk+water: El Paso Water’s Gilbert Trejo and Christina Montoya-Halter
In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses El Paso water resources with El Paso Water’s Gilbert Trejo, Vice President of Operations and Technical Services, and Christina Montoya-Halter, Communications and Marketing Manager.
lege+water: April 2025
Every month during the 89th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, Dr. Todd Votteler provides an update on water-related legislation.
think+water: Plastics in bays, plastics in rivers, and arsenic in urine
This month, Dr. Robert E. Mace explores academic publications covering microplastics in bays and estuaries, microplastics in Texas rivers, and arsenic concentrations in Texas aquifers.
talk+water: Shay Ralls Roalson and Marisa Flores Gonzalez
In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses Austin water resources and the 100-year water plan with Shay Ralls Roalson, Director of Austin Water, and Marisa Flores Gonzalez, Program Manager for Austin Water’s Water Forward Forward Plan.