The decades old battle by the people of Northeast Texas to keep the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir out of the Sulphur River Basin wages on. But some recent developments bring optimism that the proverbial tide may be turning.
One of those developments came from Lubbock, Texas Senator Charles Perry, who spoke on WFAA-TV in Dallas about an alternative to Marvin Nichols.
Sen. Perry called Marvin Nichols “eminent domain purgatory” and stated that he has a plan that would propose an alternative water source for the DFW water hogs. Perry said that both the Texas Senate and House have $2.5 billion earmarked in their base budgets to boos the state’s water initiative, as well as, he also hopes that voters will approve a $1billion constitutional amendment in November that will dedicate a specific source of revenue for water supply development into perpetuity.
