Don’t Let Texas’ Excess Water Go to Waste

A cascade aerator on the site of the Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant outside of San Antonio. Photo: Gabriel Cristóver Pérez for the Texas Tribune
A cascade aerator on the site of the Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant outside of San Antonio. Photo: Gabriel Cristóver Pérez for the Texas Tribune

The past few weeks have highlighted a challenge for water resource managers in Texas: we either have too much water when we don’t need it or too little when we do.

The recent devastating floods have underscored the need for better preparation in not only monitoring but also keeping as much of that water as possible.

 

 

 

 

The Texas Tribune’s TribTalk, June 15, 2015

Featuring: Bridget R. Scanlon, Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences