Series Explores Central Texas' Water Supply
This week, the Texas Tribune and KUT 90.5 FM, Austin's NPR station, are running a five-part series on water supplies in Central Texas. Specifically, the series, called "Water Fight," looks at the long-term future of two key lakes that supply water to Austin and other growing cities as well as to rice farmers a few hundred miles down the Colorado River near the Gulf of Mexico. A 10-year plan for the lakes' future is currently being formulated, and it has brought out passionate arguments on all sides — particularly given the current drought.
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The first piece overviews the situation ...
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Glen Hill
The water table problem is not limited to Austin area developments and rice farmers. The water that is going to support the Austin area is being drained from under farms and ranches between Austin and the coastal rice farmers. The study needs to be enlarged to encompass all of us who are seeing wells run dry and the aquifiers depleted.