Wimberley, TX — Hill Country private well
Trinity Aquifer is dropping ~1.8 ft/yr; the Blanco River goes dry in summer. Will the water last here?
Taylor, TX — Samsung $17B semiconductor fab
A fab in a town of 16,000 draws several MGD from Lake Granger and the Trinity Aquifer. Who's drinking your aquifer?
Fort Stockton, TX — Comanche Springs
Comanche Springs flowed for centuries until 1950s irrigation pumping dried them up. The Belding case cemented rule-of-capture. Live permit fight: Republic Water → El Paso.
Houston Memorial — Buffalo Bayou
Harvey-zone flood exposure layered against drinking water and Addicks/Barker reservoir release context.
Lubbock, TX — Ogallala Aquifer
The canonical American aquifer-depletion story. Decades of decline, cotton irrigation as the named driver.
El Paso, TX — Hueco Bolson + KBH desalination
A positive water story — largest inland desalination plant in the U.S., Hueco Bolson management, treaty water from Mexico.
San Antonio — Edwards Aquifer recharge zone
Most-regulated aquifer in Texas. EAA permit caps, J-17 monitoring well, growth pressure.