In this time of crisis and deep uncertainty, one thing we must be able to depend on is our water supply. Access to water is critical to public health, fragile local economies, and food production. And the benefits are also intangible. Confined to our homes, many of us are realizing that time spent along the banks of a lake or clear flowing creek offers much-needed respite. Now, more than ever, we must protect our water resources.
The world is a different place now than it was when I grew up in Houston in the 1980s. I have vivid memories of steamy summer thunderstorms consistently interrupting my afternoons at the neighborhood pool. My sister and I would head home and swap our swimsuits for raincoats, then stomp around muddy ditches and dig up crawdads, duct tape keeping the water out of our boots while thick warm raindrops drenched our faces.
Read more from HCA Board President and Environmental Defense Fund Texas Water Program Director, Vanessa Puig-Williams with the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation here.
The credible case for a resilient water supply in Texas
