Vol 2, Issue 18

In Central Texas, two groundwater districts have vastly different strategies on how to allow prospective water marketers to pump from the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer. 

In his first in-depth interview on environmental policy, land commissioner hopeful George P. Bush's views on global warming and renewable energy set him apart from the Tea Party conservatives he has aligned himself with. 

In which we review the latest from Colin and Erich's excellent Rio Grande adventure. Check out the dispatches and photos!

In this week's Q&A, we interview Sharlene Leurig of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Program at Ceres.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Carbon Shock.

Austin has begun considering Decker Lake, a nearby reservoir, as a potential water source — a move that could supply water downstream for environmental flows to ease the drain on Highland Lakes, but which could be "politically tricky."

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to prevent the Obama administration from enforcing a rule proposed by the EPA that would determine which streams and waterways would be protected from development under the Clean Water Act.

Biochemists from the University of Texas at Arlington who measured water wells across the Barnett Shale area of North Texas found increased levels of arsenic and other carcinogens within close range of active gas drilling sites.

Under the terms of a 1945 treaty, Mexico and Texas are obliged to share water, but Mexico, which has been parched by drought, has fallen short of its share.

In a major change to the state's water laws, California lawmakers have approved a package of three water bills that grant local agencies authority to regulate groundwater pumping.

California's devastating drought has adversely affected many of the state's rural poor who rely on domestic wells for their water and who compete with more prosperous farmers for available water.

Using data from the Texas Water Development Board's reservoir status tracker, our auto-updating map visualizes the current state of Texas reservoirs.