The site features drought-related information from the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water Development Board, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Texas Forest Service, Texas Animal Health Commission, Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Transportation and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Here is a link to the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) web site. The Alliance for Water Efficiency is a national non-profit organization that promotes the efficient and sustainable use of water. The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 is a member of AWE.

Our friends at the Amarillo Water Department invite you to learn more about water by visiting their web site!

Rainwater catchment — or “harvesting” — is an ancient practice now enjoying a revival as an alternate water supply. The practice involved collecting rainwater from a roof or other surface before it reaches the ground and storing it for future use.

ARCSA promotes rainwater catchment systems in the United States through educational opportunities and the exchange of information at their Web site and through our workshops.

The American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, TX is the most comprehensive collection of historic windmills in the world. It will be a site long remembered and is our way of honoring those early settlers who struggled with difficult conditions tempered with the life-giving water pumped by windmills.

Follow this link to learn more about the USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory (CPRL) at Bushland, Texas.

Follow this link for more information about the USDA-ARS Cropping Systems Research Laboratory at Lubbock, TX.

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply.

Here's the home page for the Texas Section of the American Water Works Association!

AWWA's WaterWiser web site was developed and operated with financial resources from a federal grant. For the foreseeable future, AWWA remains committed to offering WaterWiser as a free-standing web resource for the most current, applicable water conservation and efficiency materials available.

The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA) supplies raw water to eleven Member Cities (nearly 1/2 million people) in the Texas Panhandle & South Plains via a 322 mile aqueduct system. The Authority's current source of water is Lake Meredith in the Texas Panhandle.

Here is a link to the Texas A&M University System's Irrigation Technology Center.

The vision of the ITC is to establish a state of the art facility for education, testing and applied research, and promotion of efficient irrigation, water conservation, profitable agricultural production, and quality urban landscapes.

Here is a link to the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group's web page.

The group's mission statement is "to develop, promote, and implement water conservation, augmentation, and management strategies to provide adequate water supplies for the Llano Estacado Water Planning Region of the High Plains of Texas and to stabilize or improve the economic and social viability and longevity of the region through these activities."

Home page of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. Learn more about the role of agriculture in Lubbock's regional economy by visiting the ag page!

Our friends at the City of Lubbock Water Utilities invite you to visit their web site to learn more about the city's water resources.

LubbockAg.Com is a new web site devoted to providing accurate information about agriculture in Lubbock and the surrounding areas.

The web site is a project of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and members of its Agriculture Committee.

Home page for the Mesa Underground Water Conservation District, headquartered in Lamesa, which serves all of Dawson County, Texas

The Mission of the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District is to provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of the groundwater, and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, and to control subsidence, within the defined boundary of the District.

The Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District is responsible for the management of groundwater in all or part of nine counties in the Texas Panhandle.

Here's a link to our friends at the Sandy Land Underground Water Conservation District serving Yoakum County, Texas.

Home page of the South Plains Underground Water Conservation District, headquartered in Brownfield, and serving all of Terry County, Texas.

The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station conducts agricultural research to assure the quality food and fiber products and a sustainable environment.

A link to our friends at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Lubbock.

Here is a link to the home page for the Texas A&M University System.

A link to valuable Texas Agriculture Irrigation resources.

Established by the 77th Texas Legislature in 2001, the purpose of the Texas Agricultural Research Database is to enhance communication about agricultural research in the State of Texas from research facilities to interested members of other research institutions, private industry and the general public.

Here's a link to Texas AgriLife Extension's home page! (Formerly Texas Cooperative Extension Service.)

A link to our friends at the Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center at Amarillo.

Here's a link to the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation web site. The TAWC is conducting an eight-year study to identify and quantify the best agricultural production practices and technologies to reduce groundwater pumpage from the Ogallala aquifer, while maintaining agricultural production and economic opportunities.

The Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts (TAGD), formerly the Texas Groundwater Conservation Districts Association, was formed on May 12, 1988. Its membership is restricted to underground water conservation districts of Texas who have the powers and duties to manage groundwater as defined in Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code. TAGD is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, or scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Texas Commisson on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) the lead environmental agency for the state. It is the former Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC).

The Texas High Plains Evapotranspiration Network is the combination of the former North Plains and South Plains Evapotranspiration Networks. The network disseminates daily meteorological data, including ET-based crop water use information for use by agricultural producers and crop consultants.

Click here to visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department web site.

Here is a link to the rainwater harvesting information site from Texas AgriLife Extension!

Strong programs of study in agricultural sciences and natural resources have been the tradition at Texas Tech since its beginning in 1925. Since that time, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources has continued its dedication to providing programs of excellence in teaching, research and public service to prepare students for employment in the modern agricultural and renewable natural resources industry.

Here's a link to the home page of Texas Tech University System in Lubbock.

This is the home page of the Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA).

The TWDB is the state agency charged with statewide water planning and administration of low-cost financial programs for the planning, design and construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control and agricultural water conservation projects.

A link to the Texas Water Resources institute web site.

Check out this new water conservation web site! Remember--Turn It To The Right Before There Is Nothing Left!

U.S. Water News Online, the electronic version of America's premier water news publication, keeps its readers abreast of the latest news concerning water and water issues.

Here's a link to our friends at the Texas State Office of the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly the USDA-Soil Conservation Service).

Here is a link to the United States Environmental Protection Agency web site. The USEPA is a federal agency charged "...to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment..."

USGS is a world leader in the natural sciences through our scientific excellence and responsiveness to society's needs.

Here is a link to the Water Wise water conservation education program home page. The High Plains Water District has sponsored this water conservation education program in its 15-county service area since 1997.

Here's a link to the West Texas A&M University at Canyon, Texas!

Be sure to visit the West Texas Smartscape site to learn more about plant varieties suited for use in our region. The site's database ("search plants") contains listings and photos of more than 200 native and adapted plant varieties that can help save water and money in our region.