Texas is risking its water. Shush, don't tell anyone.

Prepared by Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund, March 2025 • click on it for 3 additional graphs.

Folks, your first question is why are we telling you that Texas is risking its water and not your state officials? It's partisan poisoning of our water policy at its worst. In this case, however, it's that both parties agree on dragging their feet for fear their feet will get cut off by the water. real estate, oil and gas, chemical, and other self-interested lobby hogs at our trough.

It's possible this see no evil, speak no evil approach to water policy in Texas is about to turn around. OK, we like playing Polyannas on occasion, so play along with us and try to do what we're asking of you. But, get this.

We can argue the finer points about water management. Water loss is really about gross mismanagement that can no longer be tolerated as our state continues to move into increased drought and serious contamination threats, including the biosolid problem we wrote about on Sunday HERE. and the contamination that's been going on in the Permian Basin about which our friend Sarah Stogner continues to seek a resolution. A private company in Comal County is wisely holding back on new projects due to drought concerns.

And, a groundwater war is on and in court between the fastest growing city in the U.S. -- Georgetown -- and the home of Texas A&M, Bryan-College Station. Read the Texas Tribune about it HERE.

TEXAS WATER LOSS. WHAT ARE WE DOING?

San Antonio Water System (SAWS), a public utility with a voracious lobby is engaged in simultaneous abject loss of ratepayer dollars and groundwater. See last Sunday's LIV article on HB 29 seeks a reasonable remedy.

Now comes the moment of truth. On Monday, April 7, the powerful Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock), chair of the Senate Committee on Water, Agricultural and Rural Affairs will deliberate on his own bill on water loss, SB 1190, a companion to HB 29. You have to attend to testify. The hearing starts at 8 a.m. Notice here.

If you live in San Antonio, reach out to Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-San Antonio) who serves on this important committee. If these two Senators cannot get it together on SAWS and water loss, there is -- effectively -- no way out to protect our most precious resource, other than through the development of the independent political movement in Texas. That's no guarantee either because the problems emerging in water and energy demand a huge reorientation of our misplaced priorities.

Our headline is an obviously bad joke. We DO want you to share this with any and all Texans and reach out to the committee members for now. We will be following this legislation closely.

Get after it, Texas independents!