U.S. Drought Monitor April 16, 2026 For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 51% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 50.18% last week. #DroughtMonitor #Drought #Drought2026

Farm Service Agency NOAA NCEI Farmers.gov NOAA Climate.gov NASA Earth Parts of the Southeast, South and West saw degradations this week, with improvements in Florida, Texas and California. The Northeast, Midwest, High Plains and West saw mixed conditions. Hawaii saw improvement. go.unl.edu/change-maps #DroughtMonitor #Drought #Drought2026

New Seasonal Drought Outlook by NOAA's NWS Climate Prediction Center Expected drought development: Most of the West that is not currently in drought Improvement: Southern Plains, South, Lower Midwest, part of the Northeast and Southeast, and HI Otherwise, drought persists. drought.gov/forecasts

Here is the lates from the US Drought Monitor, along with the change in condition compared to last week. Improvement was seen across portions of Texas, while portions of New Mexico saw drought conditions worsen. #txdrought #nmdrought #codrought

Tesla’s Giga Texas water use jumped more than 200 million gallons — by about 60% — in two years, as massive chip plant proposal raises concerns about Austin’s strained supply. bit.ly/47WI3eD

What astonishes me is that the first post-SB 1 water plan in 2002 was $17.9B for water supplies. Nearly 25 years later that figure has grown by nearly 10x to $174 billion. And the volume of strategies has proliferated. #txwater texastribune.org/2026/04/16/tex…

Tesla’s Giga Texas water use jumped more than 200 million gallons — by about 60% — in two years, as massive chip plant proposal raises concerns about Austin’s strained supply. bit.ly/47WI3eD

Corpus Christi water crisis spurs stampede on South Texas aquifers Cities, towns and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster texasstandard.org/stories/corpus…

Multiple environmental groups have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration’s decision to waive endangered species requirements in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling. insideclimatenews.org/news/16042026/…

🚨🆕 Talk+Water features HARC’s Dr. Margaret Cook discussing data center #water use in #Texas! buzzsprout.com/2042219/episod… #datacenter #datacenters #DataCenterPower

Texas has worst overall air quality in the nation, says American Lung Assn 27th annual report Brownsville and McAllen most polluted in Texas Brownsville now second-worst US city for air pollution From Dina Arévalo mysanantonio.com/news/south-tex…

Almost 3 years later the situation has improved little. This historic gusher has upgraded from “bone dry” to “mildly moist”

Camp Mystic will not reopen this summer after the camp said it’s withdrawing its application for an operating license. kut.org/energy-environ…

Missed Texas+Water for April? Don’t miss the Outlook on #rain & #drought, Think+#Water, Talk+Water➕so much more! #texaswater #Texas #TX #txlege #txwx

On May 5 Corpus Christi will consider a proposal for a super-massive seawater desal plant submitted by a group supposedly comprised of retired generals and major intl desal developers axeh2o.com My sources called this 6-page plan "goofy" and "not based in reality"

Nueces County challenges Corpus Christi emergency water pipeline currently under construction Corpus: "We don't believe an official approval by the county is necessary." Nueces Co: "I wasn't aware that it didn't need cooperation or approval." kristv.com/running-dry/co…

For real, there’s no good reason why your sprinkler system should be running anytime soon. 😬 #txwater

🚨🆕 Talk+Water features Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP attorney Josh Katz discussing produced water after the Texas Supreme Court’s Cactus v COG ruling. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tal… #producedwater #fracking #hydraulicfracturing #oilandgas #Texas #tscotus