The two states agreed to a landswap to ensure that a Dallas-area water district’s pump station lies wholly within Texas. Neither state gained in size from the small change.
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After years of dispute over how the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma should be drawn at the Red River, the two statesThe problem began in 2009 when the North Texas Municipal Water District, which provides water to several Dallas-area cities, learned about invasive zebra mussels in Lake Texoma, where it was operating a water pump station.
In 2021, Texas sent Oklahoma a proposal for a new boundary that would ensure the station lived wholly in Texas. After years of discussion, the two states finally reached an agreement on how the boundary should be drawn. The Texas and Oklahoma Red River Boundary Commissions executed the new border on Oct. 30.
The swapped land is controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is responsible for Lake Texoma. The lake serves as the primary water source for all of Sherman and Denison, two cities in North Texas, according to the North Texas water district. After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the Red River served as the boundary between the United States and Mexico, and, after the Texas Revolution, between the United States and Texas.
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