CLAIM · ASSESSED ~ · CONFIDENCE 0.58
New Braunfels Utilities added more than 23,000 acre-feet to its water supply portfolio over the past five years, diversifying beyond the Edwards Aquifer.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because whoever controls the dams upstream controls the water, food and electricity of everyone downstream — and India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty shows river flows are now being used as a weapon between nuclear-armed neighbors.
Part of the monitored dynamic Global Water Security · VUCA INDEX 67/100
EVIDENCE CHAIN · 1
INGESTED ARTICLETIER 2JUL 17
herald-zeitung.com — Breaking down the Comal County water cycle | News | herald-zeitung.com
"These sources have amounted to more than 23,000 acre-feet added to NBU’s portfolio over the past five years"
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from herald-zeitung.com · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 18.
Extracted JUL 18; approved JUL 18 at 0.58.
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