Texas Agriculture Commissioner says state is running out of water [Video]

DALLAS — Texas is losing water.

And the problems facing our state now and into the future are real, and getting worse.

“We lose about a farm a week in Texas, but it’s 700 years before we run out of land. The limiting factor is water. We’re out of water, especially in the Rio Grande Valley,” Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told us on Inside Texas Politics.

Miller recently wrote an op-ed describing the problem and offering possible solutions for what he calls “self-reliance.”

“Our tomato production in the Valley is just about gone. They usually grow five crops of vegetables in that Winter Garden area. They have enough water to grow one. So, our production’s down 80%. And it’s all about water,” Miller said as an example.

Miller thinks the state should prioritize capturing stormwater and reusing treated water.

Other options he includes …