A Clash Over Water in Central Texas


Posted: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:55 AM - 9,241 Readers

By: Kate Galbraith


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photography by Todd Wiseman

The state's record dry spell has rice farmers, growing cities and a proposed coal plant competing for water from drought-stricken lakes. This is the first in a five-part print and radio series, "Water Fight," with KUT News.

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