Texas’ biggest single solution to providing enough water for its soaring population in the coming decades is using more surface water, including about two dozen new large reservoirs. But climate change has made damming rivers a riskier bet.
As Texas creeps back into a drought, water experts say residents in the city and around the state can do more to conserve water and prepare for the next, which is always on the horizon.
Just five months after the monster storm gave Texas its wettest month in history, much of the state is now in a drought — including areas that saw historic flooding.
