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Texas Farmers Have Written Off One in Ten Dryland Acres After the Third-Driest August Since 1895
About one out of every ten acres of Texas cropland that depends on rain rather than irrigation has been given up on this year.
Reporting on Texas water -- drought and supply, reservoirs and groundwater, utility infrastructure, conservation rules, and the growing competition for a finite resource.

About one out of every ten acres of Texas cropland that depends on rain rather than irrigation has been given up on this year.

Texas oil and gas wells throw off roughly 26 million barrels of salty wastewater a day, and operators pump nearly 30 million barrels a day back underground.
Texas 2036 has released a post-mortem report about the 2025 legislative session.