Why watering lawns in Dallas might require flooding farms in East Texas

DALLAS — This past year or so has taught Texans not to take electricity for granted. Water is now another resource that might soon become a problem...

August 1, 2022
4:54 PM

DALLAS — This past year or so has taught Texans not to take electricity for granted. Water is now another resource that might soon become a problem in this state. Simply put, Texas needs more water to keep up with all the residents and businesses moving here. A few days ago, the city of Gunter, in Grayson County near the Red River, announced that water supplies were running low. Planners have stated that Dallas-Fort Worth alone will require five new reservoirs in the coming decades. One of them, proposed in northeast Texas, would flood 66,000 acres of land, evicting families, and taking property off the tax rolls there permanently.

Jason Whitely