Wayne Owen, general manager of NetMWD, said they have been in talks with the North Texas area for 10 years and they have not come close to selling water.
HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas – Northeast Texas is growing concern about potential sales of water from Pine Lake.
The Northeast Texas Water District is being discussed with North Texas Water District, and people like Stacey Sutterfield Terry and other Northeast Texans are concerned about the possibility of water sales. .
“I live in Hughes Springs. I’ve been there for 20 years,” Sutterfield Terry said. “So I was here. Dangerfield is on the road. They are one of the seven cities that I come here to come. I’m fishing.”
Many residents believe that the sale will have a negative impact on the lake and believe it has the ability to maintain recreational and environmental flow in Lake Kad.
“Lake Cadodo is the only natural lake in Texas, and they want to ruin it by greed. They want to ruin the rural people by greed,” Sutterfield Terry said.
Lake Pines provides water to industrial and local government customers in northeastern Texas. It also provides water to cities in northeastern Texas, including Longview and Marshall.
“There’s just no concern that Lake Pines will be depleted. We just want to sell some of this water because the hydrology of the Cypress Basin is so important,” said Wayne Owen, general manager. netmwd’s. “And the health of the basin and Lake Kad should not be adversely affected by this transaction.”
Owen said they have been in talks with the North Texas area for 10 years and have not come close to water sales or agreements. It’s still an ongoing negotiation.
In a press release from the city district in northeastern Texas, the group said 1 billion gallons of water had been released downstream. This is equal to the amount of cities of all members and customers used in 2024.
“We have more water than we don’t sell. We make voluntary releases during dry periods to support the environmental and ecological conditions at Lake Kad. We We will do it voluntarily. We will work with Caddo Lake’s interests,” Owen said.
