Water Policy in Texas: Responding to the Rise of Scarcity

As a water-scarce state with deep cultural attachments to private property rights, Texas has taken a unique evolutionary path with regard to water management. This new resource surveys past and current challenges for managing both groundwater and surface water, telling a comprehensive story about water policy in Texas, and identifying opportunities for improving future governance.

Texas is the U.S. state that has experimented most thoroughly with water markets. In Water Policy in Texas, exp...