Water woes threaten to rain on the Texas economic miracle
Water water everywhere, nor any drop to … power a large state with a growing population, and massive energy needs? You might recognize the adapted line above, made famous by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem, Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It also aptly describes the natural resource situation in Texas, where two mega trends — artificial intelligence […]
Where will Tarrant County get enough water to serve 3.4M people?
Margaret and Robert Drake wanted to protect their Glen Rose ranchland — and the water that runs through it — from rapid development they saw expanding west from Fort Worth. The sprawling, hilly 82 acres are home to a biodiversity of plants and wildlife with rainwater spilling down to a creek that eventually meets the […]
Texas Has A Water Crisis: Iconic Dallas Investor Kyle Bass Claims To Have Part Of The Solution But Some State Officials Have Expressed Concerns
This article is the first in a series by The Dallas Express that focuses on the Texas water crisis and the various proposed solutions to address the crisis. Despite the recent and tragic flooding in the Texas Hill Country, the real story isn’t too much water — it’s not enough of it where Texans actually […]
Q&A with Kyle Bass on Groundwater Development Project
Kyle Bass is a name many in East Texas become familiar with when a notice for application of permits for high-capacity and large volume groundwater production in the Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District were published in the Palestine Herald-Press and Athens Daily Review. Bass is the founder and chief executive officer of Conservation Equity Management, the […]
