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Todd Votteler
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Texas Water Journal & Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief | Collaborative Water Resolution Principal | Talk+Water podcast Host
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · 1d
2) Central TX - Buchanan 95%, Travis 83% & Canyon 66%. South Central #groundwater - Comal Springs discharge 73cfs & San Marcos Springs 90cfs. Edwards Aquifer San Antonio pool in Stage 4 (40% pumping cut & Uvalde pool Stage 5 (44% cut). Barton Springs is 14cfs & Jacob’s Well 0cfs. #ATX #SATX #txwx
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · 2d
1) As of 10/13/2025, statewide storage in major #water supply reservoirs is 74.6%. The historical median for mid-October is 80%. The western half of #Texas is being impacted. We are about halfway through the historical fall rainfall peak. #texaswater #txwx #tx
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · 3d
🚨NEW!! Sarah Kirkle & Perry Fowler discuss Proposition 4, which could provide $1 billion annually for 20 years for #Texas water infrastructure & supplies using existing sales & excise taxes. #waterinfrastructure #txlege #texaswater #water
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#98 - Sarah Kirkle and Perry Fowler Discuss Texas Proposition 4 Water Funding
Podcast Episode · Talk+Water · 10/08/2025 · 54m
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · 7d
I want to thank the Austin Geological Society and Sylvia Pope for the invitation to discuss #water markets at their October meeting last night. It was a great audience with excellent questions. #watermarkets
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The Daily Montanan @dailymontanan.com · 28d
Do youth need their constitutional rights protected from effects of Trump's bid to "unleash" fossil fuels? Or do they need to take the fight elsewhere, as the fed'l government argues? Arguments began in Lighthiser v. Trump. By @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/09/16/y... #mtnews #mtpol
Youth, scientists, argue for court to halt Trump executive orders 'unleashing' fossil fuel industry • Daily Montanan
Youth, scientists, argue for court to halt Trump executive orders unleashing fossil fuel industry in Lighthiser v. Trump climate change lawsuit
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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 23d
What's really going on with all the back channeling over oil and gas wastewater? Source NM and Capital & Main teamed up to investigate.
New Mexico governor puts finger on scale in oilfield wastewater vote • Source New Mexico
NM Gov. Lujan Grisham's admin appears to have pressured WQCC to reconsider banning using fossil fuel wastewater outside oilfield
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · 26d
🚨NEW!!! Talk+Water with Tony Willardson, recently retired Executive Director of the Western States Water Council discusses the role and accomplishments of the Council. www.buzzsprout.com/2042219/epis... #water
#97 - Tony Willardson talks Western States Water Council - Talk+Water
In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses common western water needs and challenges...
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Sep 11
FeedSpot ranks Talk+Water as the #3 water podcast! Register to get the episode on whatever platform you use for your podcasts here: pod.link/1450729314 #podcast #waterpodcast #water
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Sep 5
🚨NEW!!! Martha Pskowski returns to Talk+Water🎙️to share the recent settlement proposal in the 12 year #RioGrande Compact case pending before #SCOTUS.👂 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #Texas #TX #texaswater #txlege @psskow.bsky.social
#96 - Martha Pskowski returns for updates
Podcast Episode · Talk+Water · 09/04/2025 · 31m
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The Texas Water Journal @texaswaterjournal.bsky.social · Sep 12
⚡️Texas+Water for September is out with the Outlook on #rain & #drought, Think+#Water, Talk+Water, our reader survey ➕so much more!
mailchi.mp/texaspluswat... #texaswater #Texas #TX #txlege #txwx
Texas+Water Vol. 8, Issue 9
Don't miss a 💧 of Texas water news!
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Sep 11
FeedSpot ranks Talk+Water as the #3 water podcast! Register to get the episode on whatever platform you use for your podcasts here: pod.link/1450729314 #podcast #waterpodcast #water
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The Texas Water Journal @texaswaterjournal.bsky.social · Sep 9
Yesterday, Texas A&M Chancellor Glenn Hegar, a TWJ author, met with TWJ Editor-in-Chief Todd Votteler to discuss water issues. Read Chancellor Hegar’s 2022 commentary here: twj-ojs-tdl.tdl.org/twj/article/... #texaswater #water #Texas #TX
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Sep 5
🚨NEW!!! Martha Pskowski returns to Talk+Water🎙️to share the recent settlement proposal in the 12 year #RioGrande Compact case pending before #SCOTUS.👂 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #Texas #TX #texaswater #txlege @psskow.bsky.social
#96 - Martha Pskowski returns for updates
Podcast Episode · Talk+Water · 09/04/2025 · 31m
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The Texas Water Journal @texaswaterjournal.bsky.social · Aug 18
Read the journal article resulting from this research here: twj-ojs-tdl.tdl.org/twj/article/... #drought #climate #climatechange
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Aug 18
In 2010, I organized a tree-ring study in Central & South #Texas to reconstruct past #droughts back to 1500AD. The research was headed by Dr. Malcolm Cleaveland at the @uarkansas.bsky.social Tree-Ring Lab. @texasparkswildlife.bsky.social made a video about the study: youtu.be/zwPdfWahk4s #climate
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Aug 11
It was an honor to be a guest on a new episode of the Ripple Effect podcast with host Emily Lewis. Hear our discussion about #watermarkets on all major platforms such as Apple Podcasts and Buzzsprout. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... #WaterMarket #TexasWater
207: Water Markets for Texas
Podcast Episode · Ripple Effect: A Podcast Putting Water In Context · 08/02/2025 · 1h 14m
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The Texas Water Journal @texaswaterjournal.bsky.social · Aug 14
🚨NEW!!! Texas+Water for August with the Outlook on #rainfall & #drought and Think+Water by Robert Mace; 3 episodes of Talk+Water by @h2owonk.bsky.social ➕ so much more! mailchi.mp/texaspluswat... #texaswater #texas #tx
Texas+Water: Vol. 8, Issue 8
Don't miss a drop of Texas water news!
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Aug 11
It was an honor to be a guest on a new episode of the Ripple Effect podcast with host Emily Lewis. Hear our discussion about #watermarkets on all major platforms such as Apple Podcasts and Buzzsprout. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... #WaterMarket #TexasWater
207: Water Markets for Texas
Podcast Episode · Ripple Effect: A Podcast Putting Water In Context · 08/02/2025 · 1h 14m
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Aug 5
🚨Hear the latest Talk+Water podcast🎙️ with #Texas State Climatologist, Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, regarding the July 4th #floods in Texas. Available on all major hosting platforms. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #texaswater #texasfloods #flood #climatechange
#95 - John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas State Climatologist on extreme weather and the July 4th flood on the Guadalupe River.
Podcast Episode · Talk+Water · 07/28/2025 · 49m
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Aug 5
🚨Hear the latest Talk+Water podcast🎙️ with #Texas State Climatologist, Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, regarding the July 4th #floods in Texas. Available on all major hosting platforms. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #texaswater #texasfloods #flood #climatechange
#95 - John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas State Climatologist on extreme weather and the July 4th flood on the Guadalupe River.
Podcast Episode · Talk+Water · 07/28/2025 · 49m
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The Texas Water Journal @texaswaterjournal.bsky.social · Jul 30
The Texas Water Journal has published a new policy review titled "How Texas Could Lead the Nation in Addressing a Growing Water Workforce Problem,” by Professors Walter Den & Davida Smyth. twj-ojs-tdl.tdl.org/twj/article/... #texaswater #water #workforce
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Jul 30
🚨NEW!!! Jeremy Mazur, Carlos Rubinstein & Vanessa Puig Williams discuss the outcome of the 89th #txlege re #water, the special session & the November election re water funding! #texaswater podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#94 - Vanessa Puig-Williams, Jeremy Mazur, and Carlos Rubinstein on the 89th Texas Legislative Session and Water.
Podcast Episode · Talk+Water · 07/28/2025 · 1h 20m
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Jul 29
Travis Loop interviewed me in June about the #Texas Legislsture’s $20 billion investment in new #water supplies & #waterinfrastructure. Hear our discussion: www.waterloop.org/texas-bets-2... #texaswater #txlege
Texas Bets $20 Billion On Its Water Future
Texas plans $20 billion to secure water by 2050 with desalination, reuse, and aquifer protection. Todd Votteler on waterloop explores solutions for growth.
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Jul 30
🚨NEW!!! Jeremy Mazur, Carlos Rubinstein & Vanessa Puig Williams discuss the outcome of the 89th #txlege re #water, the special session & the November election re water funding! #texaswater podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#94 - Vanessa Puig-Williams, Jeremy Mazur, and Carlos Rubinstein on the 89th Texas Legislative Session and Water.
Podcast Episode · Talk+Water · 07/28/2025 · 1h 20m
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Todd Votteler @h2owonk.bsky.social · Jul 29
Travis Loop interviewed me in June about the #Texas Legislsture’s $20 billion investment in new #water supplies & #waterinfrastructure. Hear our discussion: www.waterloop.org/texas-bets-2... #texaswater #txlege
Texas Bets $20 Billion On Its Water Future
Texas plans $20 billion to secure water by 2050 with desalination, reuse, and aquifer protection. Todd Votteler on waterloop explores solutions for growth.
www.waterloop.org
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