State of Texas: 'Reached our limit,' Lawmakers hear warnings about looming water crisis

Water Crisis – Some state leaders are sending a stark warning: Texas is running out of water. We look closer at the need and the possible price tag – amid the new call for lawmakers to take action.

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[vivianatrevino]

If they're so concerned, why keep approving construction of car washes on every street?

[csebesta]

I live in San Antonio and the amount of apartments being built is outrageous. There is literally a new complex being built every week.

[davidmartindavies]

No mention that water intensive industries are taking a larger and larger share of the drinking water in Texas - refineries - plastic manufacturing - blue hydrogen - ithium processing - computer chip manufacturing. More and more of these are coming to Texas and they are getting tax breaks and promises of plenty of water. So when they need more investment for new water sources its the residents who are told to pay up.

[donaldcarter]

Meanwhile my neighbor waters his lawn 3-4 hours a day. Sometimes just randomly washes down asphalt intersection and street.

[nubz]

Maybe they shouldnt of sold their biggest aquifer

[kryptoniteKJ]

Infinite growth is and will always be unsustainable, results of needless industry and greed

[Petra-msku]

As long as you’re fracking, you’re wasting and contaminating as much water as you possibly can.

[DAWGnROADIE]

Dont feel too sorry for Texas. By Texas law, fracking operations can use as much water as they want. Even if the drillers drain an aquifer.

[etexsly]

Harvest air conditioning condensate. Texas A&M-Doha published a paper about 10 years ago that reported the condensate collected from one campus building in the study yielded 1, 600, 000 gallons of water from the air conditioner units on one campus building. To make it potable, run the water through RO filters. Otherwise, the water can be used in landscaping, gardens, greenhouses or bathrooms. The water is produced onsite so there is no loss through leaking municipal water lines.

[siriaperez]

They are going crazy, building apartments and houses all over texas, which is

[WarlordRaven]

They should switch from water to Brawndo. It's got what plants crave!

[joann]

If you expect Texas to do anything, you're crazy. They don't even know how to keep their electric on.

[VoteForBukele]

Texas and California have the exact same problems and approach them from completely different political directions. Neither left nor right works.

[_Vegeta_UCM]

Living in Texas is like being in a abusive relationship

[misterguts]

There is no problem in Texas that a little bit of common-sense public-interest regulation will not solve.
So for that reason, don't expect any problems to be solved in Texas.

[lindapindabelinda]

The answer to that is so easy. Declare a building moratorium and stop selling building permits that include connection to the water system.

[victorhaywood]

So, why are cities, especially San Antonio, allowing more automatic car washing locations.

[grams]

Go through neighborhoods and look at which ones have dead grass. Drive through businesses and tell me you don’t see the same.

[AE-sypn]

Maybe we will learn how to drink money

[LoriL]

Stop building new homes statewide like Princeton, Texas has done. We have two brand new lakes but build more now so they can begin filling. It SUCKS that people keep moving here and I wish they'd stay where they are!! All by design...