Is one that Charles Perry won't touch. And, that is the need to regulate groundwater pumping amounts, as the Trib details. Having lived on both sides of the state line in the Ogallala Aquifer's southern end, I know what a problem this is.
As the story notes, groundwater districts are essentially "toothless" on the rule of capture, and rural Rethuglicans in the Lege like it that way; so do many of the Anglo rurales on the High Plains. As noted, it fits the "rugged individualism" mythos which is of course a lie.
The real issue is that the Lege won't address the issue of groundwater in aquifers being like a stream or river. And, given past battles with New Mexico, it's a hypocrite on this.
Beyond the state level, the feds aren't doing enough via the Interstate Streams Commission, either.
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