Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Climate -- Annual Precipitation -- El Paso and Lubbock -- San Antonio and Austin -- Dallas and Houston -- Priestly Taylor Method -- Penman Method -- Average Annual Rate, 1950-79 -- Surface Water and Groundwater -- Estimated Mean Annual -- Water Hazards -- Overview of Study Areas -- Focus on Study Areas -- Downtown Areas -- Most Damaging Storms, 1950-2000 -- Most Severely Affected Counties -- National Weather Service Climatic Divisions -- Affected by Drought, 2004 -- Houston-Galveston Area, 1906-2000 -- Water Quantity and Quality -- Wells per County -- Irrigation, Manufacturing, Municipal -- Mining, Livestock, Steam and Electric Production -- Senate Bill 1 (1997) -- Water Projects, Pollution, and Protection -- Leaking Underground Tanks, 2001, and Industrial Hazardous Waste, 1997 -- Mining Operations and Nuclear or Radioactive -- Animal Waste and Groundwater Contamination -- Number of People Served, 1996 -- Other Attributes, 1996 -- Fish, Mammals, and Birds -- Other Animals and Plants -- Water Recreation -- Water Prospects -- Water Management Regions -- Water User Groups in River Basins -- Projected for River Basins -- Projected for Selected Cities -- Irrigation -- Livestock -- Manufacturing -- Mining -- Municipal -- Steam and Electric -- Texas Water Timeline -- Glossary -- References -- Index.