The latest water supply news from The Texas Tribune.
In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: 21 applicants win financing in first round of SWIFT loans, new California desalination plant creates controversy and an interview with Sheila Olmstead of UT-Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. Full Story
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A sharp increase in heat-related deaths and storm-related losses. A decrease in worker productivity and crop yields. A new climate change study paints a bleak picture for Texas over the coming decades — if nothing is done to address the much-debated warming trend. Full Story
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UPDATED: From transmission pipelines to desalination plants, the Texas Water Development Board approved funding on Thursday for dozens of water supply projects from Marfa to Houston, including a handful to promote conservation. Full Story
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For the first time in more than five years, Texas no longer is in a drought. While less than 3 percent of the state remains “abnormally dry,” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, drought has disappeared from every other part of Texas. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: A new series dives into the problem of aquifer depletion, a new study shows water use for fracking is on the rise and an interview with Tom Pankratz of the Water Desalination Report. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: Aquifers globally are draining more rapidly than they can refill, a new water partnership is launched in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and an interview with Steve DiMarco of Texas A&M University. Full Story
As recently as 2011, Texas endured the most intense drought in recorded state history. But the rainfall so far in 2015 has left less than 1 percent of the state in drought conditions. And Texas reservoirs are not far behind; they're collectively about 83 percent full. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: Fears that with rain's arrival conservation will be forgotten, using aquifers to ease future droughts and an interview with Samuel D. Brody of Texas A&M University. Full Story
After years of drought, heavy rain across the state has finally refilled many Texas reservoirs. Check out the Tribune's Reservoir App to see where the drought has receded, and which Texas communities' reservoirs are still parched. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: Texas floods expose risks of rapid growth in Blanco River basin, controversy over EPA Clean Water Rule and an interview with Bridget Scanlon of the University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: Drought has abated to levels not seen since the summer of 2012, rains bring floods to state parks and an interview with Mike Gershon, water lawyer at Austin-based Lloyd Gosselink. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: California's drought response could foreshadow future action in Texas, a new study raises new concerns about fracking and drinking water and an interview with Antonietta Quigg, an oceanography professor at Texas A&M University at Galveston. Full Story
The murky rules for regulating groundwater pumping aren't going to get any clearer after the state Supreme Court declined to take a case that might have helped clarify when a property owner's right of capture can be restricted. Full Story
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The Texas Supreme Court won’t re-examine a high-profile case that asked a perplexing question: If industrial wastewater pollutes your groundwater, can you sue for trespassing? Full Story
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A hefty slice of Americans support local control over hydraulic fracturing, according to new University of Texas at Austin survey. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: One study finds inconsistent policies on fracking, another finds industry-supplied fracking data is incomplete and an interview with Yongli Gao of the Center for Water Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Full Story
With a third of Texans still facing drought conditions, a coalition of Texas universities and water providers has launched an $8 million effort to curb water use in cities. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: California cuts back on water use in face of prolonged drought, more on the Central Texas water fights and an interview with Sharlene Leurig, hydrologist and producer of “Our Desired Future.” Full Story
A state appeals court has sided with farmers, ranchers and other longstanding water rights holders in a Brazos River case with widespread implications for future water battles in drought-prone Texas. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: Shellfish face threat in acidification of Texas bays, a new report says sprinklers are used too much and an interview with Wenwei Xu, a professor and corn breeder based at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock. Full Story