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“Water is the new oil” as Texas cities square off over aquifer pipeline plans
Fast-growing Georgetown plans to pump 89 million gallons a day from the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer but the project is being ...
Inside Climate News7h
‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers
Two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day ...
Brazil's coffee farmers turn to costly irrigation to quench global demand for the brew
Drought hit coffee farmers in Brazil hard last year, drying up trees and driving global prices to record highs. But Rodrigo ...
Store, harvest, fix: How Texas can save its water supply
State lawmakers are poised to devote billions to save the state’s water supply. These are some of the ways the state could ...
'Water is the new oil' as Texas cities square off over supply from aquifers
Bryan, College Station and Texas A&M are suing to stop a project that could pump 89 million gallons per day 80 miles to other boomtowns in Central Texas.
Spokane may put Aquifer Protection Area on August ballot with $15 residential fees
Despite cutting ties more than two decades ago, Spokane may ask voters in August to rejoin an Aquifer Protection Area to ...
Spokane voters may be asked to rejoin 41-year-old aquifer district in which homeowners pay $15 a year
Spokane voters may be asked later this year whether to re-enter a regional aquifer protection coalition that the city left 21 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation9d
Pilbara traditional owners push back on Rio Tinto, state government water extraction from sacred sites
In addition to providing drinking water, the region's largest aquifers are used by the multi-billion-dollar mining industry in processing operations. The state government and mining giant Rio ...