Texas still needs a plan for its growing water supply issues, experts say

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Voters just approved $20 billion to be spent on water supply, infrastructure and education over the next 20 years. That funding is just the beginning, however, and it will only go so far, panelists said during the “Running Out” session at The Texas Tribune Festival.

And in a state where water wars have been brewing, and will continue to do so, the next legislature to take over the Capitol in 2027 will need to come with ideas.

Proposition 4 , which will allocate $20 billion to bolster the state’s water supply, was historic and incredible, said Vanessa Puig-Williams , senior director of climate resilient water systems at the Environmental Defense Fund. She w