Yet another attempt by the water thirsty Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to look eastward into Northeast Texas to sate their water needs has come in the form of the sale of water from Lake of the Pines to satisfy their thirst.
The Northeast Texas Municipal Water District, and its director Wayne Owen, has announced plans to sell water from the Lake of the Pines to the North Texas Municipal Water District. (NTMWD) The NTMWD represents suburban cities in the Dallas area north and east of the City of Dallas.
In a statement released in mid-February, the NETMWD stated that despite the plan’s detractors, the sale of the water would have little impact on Lake of the Pines or Caddo Lake. The release claimed that in one single day (February 10, 2025), 1.1 billion gallons of water was released downstream, an amount equal to the amount of water all our member and customer cities used in 2024. An entire years’ worth of water was released in a single day.
