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Legal Battle Over Brazos Water Rights Rages On

The battle over water rights in the Brazos River system heated up this summer as a case pitting the Texas Farm Bureau against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality wound its way through several courts.

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Credit: Gabriel Cristóver Pérez

The National Law Review has a look at recent legal developments in the battle over water rights in the Brazos River system. The Texas Farm Bureau has been battling in court to suspend the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's order suspending junior water rights on the Brazos, the longest river in Texas.

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