Water fund can help Texas fix aging pipes, pay for new water sources | Opinion
would create the Water Supply for Texas Fund. This fund would be administered by the Texas Water Development Board. If the Legislature passes the resolution, Texans would ultimately decide whether to proceed with the fund by voting on a constitutional amendment in November.
Texas voters are already living the consequences of crumbling pipes across the state and all-too-frequent water boil. They are also well aware of the perennial drought conditions that, especially in the summer, deplete our current water sources. SB 28, however, will help a lot of small and rural communities. It can address a major issue in smaller municipalities: leaky pipes that account for the loss of about 572,000 acre-feet of water annually, according to a report by. That is enough water to meet the annual municipal needs of Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso, Laredo and Lubbock combined, according to the conservation group.
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