TRIB+Water Volume: 2 Issue: 5

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Vol: 2 Issue: 5: A Note From Andrew Sansom by Andrew Sansom An open letter from Andrew Sansom of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment on the launch of the revamped Trib+Water newsletter. TCEQ Defers Decision on Rice Farmers Along Lower Colorado by Neena Satija The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has decided not to take action yet on a controversial plan that would almost surely cut off water from rice farmers in the lower Colorado River basin for a third straight year.  The Q&A: Todd Votteler and Robert Gulley by Neena Satija In this week's Q&A, we interview Robert Gulley and Todd Votteler of Water Dispute Resolution LLC. The Bookshelf: Feb. 26, 2014 In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Blue Revolution, The Next Tsunami and The Ripple Effect. Event: World Premiere of Yakona at SXSW Yakona, a film that documents an impressionistic journey down the San Marcos River, from source to sea, will make its world premiere in Austin at South by Southwest. People Moves: Governor Appoints New Member of TWDB Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Kathleen Thea Jackson, an engineer and former public affairs manager for Exxon Mobil Corp., to the Texas Water Development Board. Checking Texas Water Quality: Calling All Paddlers Kayakers and canoeists around the state are being invited to join the Texas Stream Team, a citizen science program that has been monitoring water quality in Texas waterways for 23 years. UT Study Analyzes Water Use in Barnett Shale Drilling According a new study financed by the University of Texas Energy Institute, the amount of water used in drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the Barnett Shale area in 2011 amounted to about 8.5 billion gallons, or about 4 percent of the water used in the 15-country region. Good News and Bad News for Farmers Despite the multiyear drought that has caused ranchers to sell millions of heads of cattle, Texas led the nation in livestock sales over the past five years. Examining California's Controversial Water Plan California Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing a $25 billion plan to fix the state’s major water transport system, which transfers water by means of pumps and aqueducts from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to farms in the San Joaquin Valley and the state’s major coastal cities. Data App: Track Texas Reservoir Levels by Ryan Murphy Using data from the Texas Water Development Board's reservoir status tracker, our auto-updating map visualizes the current state of Texas reservoirs. Sponsored Messages SouthWest Water Company: Serving Texans with clean, safe, and reliable water and sewer services. Learn More. You are currently signed up to receive Trib+Water newsletters. To change how you receive email from The Texas Tribune, click here. If you no longer wish to receive any emails from us, click here. View Trib+Water online here. To contact The Texas Tribune, go to texastribune.org/contact. Tweet    Facebook     Google+    LinkedIn    Share   Forward