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Article: A Texas-sized water challenge: the biggest state in the continental United States and its robust Green Industry face an uncertain future without new water.(WATER WISE 2009)
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- Landscape Management
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- September 1, 2009
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TEXAS IS on a collision course with its fresh water resources. If the state doesn't develop new sources of fresh water and convince Texans to mend their water-wasting ways, its future economic vitality is in jeopardy.
Who says? The 2007 State Water Plan, the latest in a series of reports developed every five years by the Texas Water Development Board. The plans attempt to project the state's water needs 50 years into the future.
But long before the state's economic engine stalls, the Green Industry already would've been squashed flatter than an armadillo attempting to cross Austin's I-35 during rush hour. While all other uses of water are expected to ...
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