A $20 Billion Effort to Avoid Calamity: Here’s What Texas Lawmakers Did to Save the State’s Water Supply

Texas lawmakers pour money into improving water supply

Texas lawmakers took steps big and small to help save the state’s water supply.

A $20 billion effort to avoid calamity: Here’s what Texas lawmakers did to save the state’s water supply

By Jayme Lozano Carver and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune June 12, 2025 “A $20 billion effort to avoid calamity: Here’s what Texas lawmakers did to save the state’s water supply” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places…

A $20 billion effort to avoid calamity: Here’s what Texas lawmakers d…

Among other changes is a new law that says homeowner associations can no longer fine Texans for not watering their grass during a drought.

A $20 billion effort to avoid calamity: Here’s what Texas lawmakers did to save the state’s water supply - MyParisTexas

Among other changes is a new law that says homeowner associations can no longer fine Texans for not watering their grass during a drought. Texas lawmakers took steps big and small to help save the state’s water supply. A big one: investing $20 billion in water projects over the next two decades. A small one: banning homeowners’ associations from punishing residents who don’t have bright green lawns. The state’s water supply is in peril. Legislat…