Residents Urge Moratorium and Transparency as Data‑Center Proposals Multiply
Multiple residents and technical speakers told the court they face declining domestic wells and asked for a temporary moratorium on high‑volume industrial water users, consolidated public disclosures of abatement terms and tests of cumulative groundwater impacts.
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During the public‑comment and public‑hearing portions of the Feb. 24 meeting, several residents, farmers and technical experts urged the commissioners to require more information or pause approvals for projects that draw large volumes of groundwater. Speakers cited Texas Water Development Board monitoring showing declines across local aquifers and described neighbors’ wells going dry, with costs for drilling new wells cited as high as $26,000.
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