conserving water

The state’s resilient, adaptable farmers can raise just about anything and use less water doing it. But will enough people buy what they produce?

Data centers use water to cool their massive arrays of computer servers. A state agency sent out a survey to figure out how much, but less than a third of the companies responded.

The state’s resilient, adaptable farmers can raise just about anything and use less water doing it. But will enough people buy what they produce?

When a water well in western Kansas was measured in 1966, the water table was about 95 feet below the ground. When it was measured in January, water was 157 feet deep - a decline of just over 60 feet in 60 years. What's happening in the Ogallala Aquifer?

A new UT Austin report estimates data centers could account for up to 9% of Texas water use by 2040.

Almost all of Colorado is experiencing drought after a record-dry winter and the impacts are already starting to show in agricultural communities.

All of these questions were asked by students at the elementary school.

The boom in data centers, many to support artificial intelligence, could strain the Texas power grid and increase energy costs.

Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the rush.

The extra $25 million for the Kansas Water Plan would come from the State General Fund.