Texas’ budget bill stirs waters over Marvin Nichols project

By Steven Gamble

The Texarkana Gazette, June 25, 2023

State orders feasibility study of disputed reservoir 

The $321 billion, biennium Texas budget has caused a ripple in the debate over a reservoir planned for Northeast Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1, or the General Appropriations Act, into law on June 18. Paragraph 28 under the section on the Texas Water Development Board lays out an assignment for the board.

“The Texas Water Development Board shall evaluate the feasibility of the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir project to be located on the Sulphur River and upstream of the confluence of the White Oak Creek in Franklin, Titus and Red River counties,” according to the bill.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1, or the General Appropriations Act, into law on June 18. Paragraph 28 under the section on the Texas Water Development Board lays out an assignment for the board.

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