‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers

Inside Climate News · By Dylan Baddour · last updated March 31, 2025 – 1:33 AM

Two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day of groundwater 80 miles away to other boomtowns in Central Texas.

By Dylan Baddour

In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth push past the local limits of its most vital natural resource.

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