{"id":4888,"date":"2012-01-23T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T18:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2012-01-23T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T18:10:10","slug":"another-texas-town-saved-from-running-out-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/01\/23\/another-texas-town-saved-from-running-out-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Texas Town Saved From Running Out of Water"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earl Nottingham\/Texas Parks & Wildlife<\/p>

The carcass of a cow that became mired in dried mud in Knox County, Texas during the summer drought<\/p><\/div>\n

Texas towns running out of water? It’s been a recurring story lately as the drought continues to take its toll on rivers, lakes and reservoirs.<\/p>\n

First, there was Groesbeck.<\/p>\n

Like many small towns in Texas, Groesbeck has been\u00a0struggling with how to supply its residents with water<\/a>\u00a0in the midst of record-breaking heat and drought. In November, the Texas government said the town could run out of water in a few weeks. (It even\u00a0made national news<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Since then, things have turned around for Groesbeck. In late November, the town announced that they had\u00a0literally bought a few more months of water<\/a>\u00a0by installing a three-mile pipeline further up the Navasota river, where the town’s water comes from. They even moved to Stage 2 water restrictions, which allows residents to water their lawns.<\/p>\n

Last week the latest place to come dangerously close to running dry was Robert Lee, a West Texas town with a little over a thousand people about two hours east of Midland. Their sole source \u00a0of water is the E.V. Spence Reservoir, which is currently only 0.44 percent full<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today comes news that salvation has arrived, in the form of a “10-inch, light blue plastic pipe,” according to the Abilene Reporter-News<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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