Tag Archives: Water Scarcity
Undrinkable: Many along Texas border still live without clean, safe water
Editor’s note: This is the first in a five-part series from the Texas Tribune exploring the challenges many borderlands residents have to overcome just to have access to drinking water. Tribune reporters spoke with residents of Las Pampas, a colonia near … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Bend Ranch State Park, Border, Border Issues, Border Towns, Rio Grande, Texas Tribune, Undrinkable, Water, Water Scarcity
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West Texas Seeing ‘Driest Such Period in Over a Century’
Conditions ‘Remain Dire,’ Outlook Says The drought that began in October 2010 has been the driest such period in over a century for much of West Texas, putting it on par with the drought of record in the 1950s. That’s according … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Drought, stateimpact texas, Water Management, Water Scarcity, West Texas Drought
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