5 Years After Omitting Any Mention Of Climate From Water Plan, TX Water Board Trying Deal W. It

[hatrack]

When state officials published the last Texas State Water Plan five years ago, they conspicuously and controversially chose not to factor man-made global warming into their planning.

Now, with just four months to go until the Texas Water Development Board is required to adopt an updated rendition of the comprehensive water-supply blueprint for the state, the agency is still deciding how to address human-caused climate change, the board chairman told a Houston audience recently.

Speaking last week to about 200 people who gathered for a panel discussion of water issues in Houston, TWDB Chairman Edward G. Vaughan, an attorney from Boerne in Central Texas, said agency officials are still working on the 2012 State Water Plan.

“Considerable discussion” has been devoted to the “not-fully-understood subject” of man-made climate change and how to integrate it into the plan, Vaughan said, responding to a question submitted by Texas Climate News to panel moderators for their possible use in a question-and-answer period following the panel members’ remarks.

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http://texasclimatenews.org/wp/?p=2571

My fearless prediction - calls for "More Studies"!

[SteveM]

1. When thinking of water conservation measures in Texas, think 50s.nt

[EC]

2. It must suck when something is happening that you

don't believe in. It must be hard to plan for something when you don't understand it.