{"id":14841,"date":"2012-07-11T13:29:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T18:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=14841"},"modified":"2012-07-11T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T18:29:41","slug":"coming-thursday-a-discussion-on-drought-and-water-issues-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/07\/11\/coming-thursday-a-discussion-on-drought-and-water-issues-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Thursday: A Discussion on Drought and Water Issues in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Thursday night at the University of Texas at Austin you can attend a special event from our ‘Life By the Drop’<\/a> series, Solutions for the Looming Water Crisis in Texas<\/em>. Texas Monthly<\/em> senior editor Nate Blakeslee<\/a> will moderate a panel of experts and officials discussing what Texas can do to ensure it has enough water in the future.<\/p>\n

To join our live coverage of the panel, follow us on Twitter<\/a>, @StateImpactTX<\/a>.\u00a0Here’s all the info, and you can RSVP for the event over at Texas Monthly<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Life By the Drop: Solutions for the Looming Water Crisis in Texas<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, July 12\u00a0<\/strong>
\n6 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nLBJ Presidential Library<\/strong><\/p>\n

2313 Red River Street Austin, TX 78705 [map<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Free parking is available in the Library visitors\u2019 lot #38 after 5 p.m.)<\/p>\n

Panelists:\u00a0Kip Averitt<\/strong>, former Texas legislator, founder, Averitt & Associates
\nLaura Huffman<\/strong>, State Director, The Nature Conservancy
\nRobert R. Puente<\/strong>, President\/CEO, San Antonio Water System
\nAndrew Sansom<\/strong>, Executive Director, Texas River Systems Institute
\nTodd Staples<\/strong>, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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