Meteorologist Kristen Currie spoke with Mitchell Sodek with the Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District to discuss ...

April and the beginning of May brought much-needed rainfall to Central Texas, helping improve water levels at Barton Springs, ...

Beginning next month, a critical aquifer conservation district in Central Texas is set to hit an "exceptional drought" status for just the second time in the district's nearly 40-year history amid ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ” The Hot Springs Lodge and Pool has proposed a city ordinance to protect against possible damage to the area’s geothermal aquifer. The ordinance would require permitting for ...

Open most of the year, Krause Springs remains one of Central Texas' most popular swimming holes, having never gone dry even in years of extreme drought.

Over the past decade, local farms have been pumping the aquifer near Silver Springs State Park to irrigate their crops. This pumping of the aquifer has been a controversial topic between not only ...

A well-known Hays County swimming hole continues to suffer the consequences of several dry years in a row, combined with ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District is making history, declaring a Stage 3 Exceptional Drought on September 12, 2025. This is only the second time the district has ...

The Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District declared a Stage 3 Exceptional Drought, effective Oct. 1, marking only the second time in its 38-year history. The declaration follows a sharp ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer District hit a critical drought, or stage three, level for the first time in nine years. The critical drought declaration was made on Thursday after ...

The 2016 Florida Legislature adopted SB 552, a long-awaited, comprehensive water bill that tackled issues from Everglades restoration to water supply and created the Florida Springs and Aquifer ...

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