Signal: Texas 2011/2012
TexasDroughtMap28Feb2012

Texas Rice Farmers Lose Their Water

The state’s persistent drought [in Texas] has claimed its latest victims: rice farmers. Because of low water levels in several lakes that serve as reservoirs here, officials said Friday that they wouldn’t release irrigation water to farmers in three counties downstream that produce much of the rice in the state. The rice industry contributes about [...]

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Texans now trucking water in bone-dry state

Under dark clouds and rain, two tanker trucks for the first time delivered thousands of gallons of water Monday to a Texas town that came precariously close to becoming the state’s first community to run out of water during a historic drought. The 8,000-gallon water delivery arrived in Spicewood after it became clear the village’s [...]