Texas growth on collision course with new reality of drought

Drought hits Texas hard

There are drought conditions impacting 25 per cent of the United States, but growing conditions have been nearly ideal in Iowa and neighbouring parts of the Central U.S. corn belt.

Texas growth on collision course with new reality of drought

Texas leaders' dreams of unlimited development and a rush of AI data centers are on a collision course with a new reality of drought. Vital South and Central Texas rivers are experiencing what may be their worst droughts in recorded history. Key springs are going dry.  And in what many experts call an omen of things to come, cities and towns are beginning to fight in court over scarce reserves of groundwater. Water fights are bigger in Texas Mea…