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Potential Priority Texas Water Projects To Cost Billions


The Texas Water Development Board drafted a list of "Potential Priority State Water Plan Projects" for lawmakers as early as January, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.

   The projects, broken down by region and projected cost:

NORTH TEXAS
   Pipeline to bring water from existing reservoirs to Tarrant Regional Water District and Dallas: $1.8 billion
   Municipal conservation: $1.2 million
   Pipeline from Lake Fork to Lake Tawakoni to Dallas Water Utilities: $496.2 million
   Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir: $615.5 million
   Lake Ralph Hall: $286 million
  
FAR WEST TEXAS
   Irrigation conveyance system conservation: $147.6 million
   Aquifer storage and recovery of treated surface water: $39.8 million
   Expansion of brackish groundwater desalination plant: $34.3 million
  
NORTH/CENTRAL TEXAS
   Brazos River Authority system operations permit: $204.3 million
   Cedar Ridge Reservoir: $285.2 million
   Miller's Creek augmentation: $46.9 million
  
GULF COAST
   Luce Bayou transfer from Trinity River to Lake Houston: $253.9 million
   Major transmission in Harris County from Lake Houston: $462.6 million
   Allens Creek Reservoir: $222.8 million
  
EAST TEXAS
   Lake Kruth Regional System: $56.5 million
  
CENTRAL TEXAS
   City of Austin reuse project: $302.3 million
  
SOUTH TEXAS
   Texas Water Alliance Regional Carrizo groundwater project: $313 million
  
SOUTH TEXAS/RIO GRANDE VALLEY
   Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority mid-basin off-channel reservoir: $546 million
   Hays/Caldwell Public Utility Authority Carrizo groundwater project: $307.7 million
   Brackish groundwater desalination: $267.3 million
   Irrigation conveyance system conservation: $131.9 million
   Acquisition and conveyance of irrigation water for non-irrigation uses: $703.5 million
   Brownsville weir and reservoir: $98.4 million
   Non-potable reuse: $174.9 million
  
SOUTH PLAINS
   Lubbock Bertram Lake 7: $68.3 million
  
STATEWIDE
   Development of groundwater projects serving entities with 5,000    population or less, including all county-other users that have identified needs in 2020: $518.8 million

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