Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StopSprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopSprawl</span></a>: Here in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/booming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>booming</span></a> Hill Country southwest of Austin, Flatten said, the Trinity <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Aquifer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aquifer</span></a> is at its lowest level on record. Across the region, iconic natural <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/springs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>springs</span></a> are dwindling or drying up, victims of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/extremeheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>extremeheat</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/persistentdrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>persistentdrought</span></a> and ever-growing demand for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CompactCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CompactCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WalkableCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WalkableCities</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/15MinuteNeighborhoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>15MinuteNeighborhoods</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15082023/central-texas-dry-wells-water-shortage/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insideclimatenews.org/news/150</span><span class="invisible">82023/central-texas-dry-wells-water-shortage/</span></a></p>