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Mandatory Water Restrictions Arrive in Drought-Struck San Antonio, Texas (SanAntonioBusinessJournal)

(April 27, 2009, The San Antonio Business Journal)
The Edwards Aquifer Authority has officially declared a drought for the San Antonio region, requiring groundwater permit holders to reduce consumption by 20 percent for at least the next 30 days.
The mandatory Stage I drought restriction applies to all Edwards Aquifer water users served by the San Antonio [...]

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Drought to Persist, Intensify in North Texas (DallasMorningNews)

(Feb. 8, 2009, The Dallas Morning News)
Scant rainfall. Shrinking reservoirs. Thirsty soil. Across North Texas, another dry spell is settling in.
Some two years after rains ended a prolonged and brutal drought, the Dallas area is back in D-land – and the situation is likely to persist if not worsen in the months ahead, climate scientists [...]

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Conserve Water or Ye Shall Be Restricted in Texas. Actually, You Might Be Restricted No Matter What (MySanAntonio)

(Jan. 17, 2009, MySanAntonio)

With no one predicting an end to the record drought gripping Central Texas, area water officials are urging residents to conserve water now so maybe drought restrictions later won’t be so bad.
They asked residents Friday to shut off automatic irrigation systems and start turning them on only as needed, probably little more [...]

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Texas On Verge of Southwest-Like Drought (MySanAntonio)

(Jan. 4, 2009, MySanAntonio)
More than a decade ago, Texas kicked off an ambitious and comprehensive program to guarantee that the state’s urban and rural regions would have the water supplies they needed through 2050. Much good work has been done under the framework established by 1997’s Senate Bill 1, but Texas still faces alarming trends [...]

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