Update: Groundwater Anarchy. Regulation Forthwith.

Update to Regulating Groundwater, Texas Style:

• Texas A&M Agrilife Law Blog writes about the tensions running high in this fight
• Texas Tribune: Hays County Water Fight Portends Battles to Come

Refreshing Recollection from Information Intelligence:

In 2014, California for the first time began regulating the pumping of groundwater.  Sacramento Bee

With the 2015 Texas Legislature comes Texas foray into regulating groundwater. HB1191 would establish a process by which commercial entities could pump groundwater in buffer zones. TWDB would have regulatory authority over the process.