North Texas Water Bosses Unveil $49 Billion Play To Keep DFW Faucets Flowing

State officials have signed off on North Texas’s long-awaited regional water playbook, endorsing a multidecade strategy that aims to keep taps running across the Dallas-Fort Worth area as the population balloons. The newly adopted plan lines up dozens of projects and conservation measures that planners say will stretch existing supplies through 2080, lean harder on reuse and efficiency, and delay immediate moves on hot-button reservoir proposals like Marvin Nichols.

State Board Signs Off On 2026 Regional Blueprint

According to the Texas Water Development Board, the board approved the adopted 2026 Regional Water Plans on January 22, 2026, including Region C’s final report and its appendices. That vote locks in a recommended set of water management…..

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