Topic – Drought
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Experts say cost of water bound to increase
Low supply, increasing demand
As populations continue to rise, experts say access to our limited water supply is destined to become more expensive.
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Drought threatens Texas rice production
"A huge, huge deal"
Without replenished reservoirs, water managers will have to withhold water from farmers, meaning severe cuts to Texas' million-dollar rice production industry
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Water being trucked to dried up Spicewood, TX
Historic drought still lingers
As the historic drought continues, Spicewood is being forced to import water by truck, having previously sold and trucked it out.
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Travis County considering water-use rules for development
Controversial vote pending
Travis County commissioners may vote soon on a controversial set of rules as a moratorium on development in the western part of the county is scheduled to end
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Kaid Benfield
City water scarcity
Many American cities are in the wrong places for long-term water sustainability. What to do?
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Texas Senate wary of drought
May limit electricity, growth
State senators voiced concerns that a lack of adequate water could harm Texas' long-term growth.
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Texas drought forecast to extend into 2012
Following worst year ever
Various entities are forecasting that the 2011 worst drought on record across Texas is going to continue at least into the late spring of 2012.
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Texas drought killed up to half a billion trees in 2011
10% of the state's trees
The record drought in Texas during 2011 killed between 100 & 500 million trees - up to 10% of the state's 4.9 billion trees - according to Texas Forest Service.
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New statistics portray scope, toll of heat, drought
Expected to go on
Several reports show the scope of this year's heat, drought, and extreme weather events.
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Texas Climatologist posting on climate change
From a conference
Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon has been attending the annual meeting of the American Geographical Union and made several blog posts
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