Signs outside a Monday press conference in Wimberley (above) can be seen all along the route of the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP).

The laughter of children playing in and along Cypress Creek provided a backdrop as a new federal lawsuit against Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) was announced in Wimberley on Monday.

The setting was by design, explained by Jeff Mundy, attorney for the litigants. “This lawsuit is about water.”

Dr. Teri Albright holds a glass of tap wat...