South Texas is in dire need of water. One reservoir, Lake Falcon, is just 9% full. Communities are extending water intakes and installing pumps to capture what little remains. Amistad, another reservoir, is less than one-third full. via InsideClimate
who halted the release of their water to farmers 500 miles downstream in Texas.
Meanwhile, a summer of record-breaking heat in Texas means the region needs more water than ever to keep its crop fields and lawns alive. Only massive rains will turn this situation around. The region doesn’t have many other options. Emergency plans call for drinking water to be trucked in. Other plans to run pipelines to distant aquifers are years from realization. In the past, big rains have always saved the day when water scarcity approached.
“To actually wish for a hurricane is pretty odd,” said Sonia Lambert, manager of Cameron County Irrigation District No. 2, which provides water to farmers in the valley. “But at this point that’s what’s going to save us. It is a very scary situation.”
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