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Running Out: Texas’ Water Crisis

Lawmakers fail to pass a bill to end massive water exports from East Texas

The House refused Senate changes allowing exports to continue while the state studies its underground water supply. Lawmakers left the Capitol without reaching a compromise.

The Houston County Lake in Houston Co. on Nov. 30, 2022.

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