Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
For more than a century, Texas has relied on the Rule of Capture to decide how underground water resources are used. This rule states that if a landowner lives above an aquifer, they can pump out as much water as they want as long as it’s not wasted or taken maliciously. Despite creating groundwater districts to monitor and effectively regulate the trove of groundwater around the states, they are very limited in what they can do. The Tribune's Jayme Lozano Carver reports the Ogallala and other aquifers are quickly drying up.
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For more than a century, Texas has relied on the Rule of Capture to decide how underground water resources are used. This rule states that if a landowner lives above an aquifer, they can pump out as much water as they want as long as it’s not wasted or taken maliciously. Despite creating groundwater districts to monitor and effectively regulate the trove of groundwater around the states, they are very limited in what they can do. The Tribune's Jayme Lozano Carver reports the Ogallala and other aquifers are quickly drying up.
#texas #southplains #ogallala #aquifers #water #tx #environment #ruleofcapture
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