DFW Prepares For Growing Water Demand With Opening Of $2.3 Billion Pipeline To East Texas Lakes

Arlington TX

24 May, 2022

5:20 PM

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By Haley Samsel, Fort Worth Report May 23, 2022 After more than a decade of design and construction, the joint section of a historic 150-mile pipeline connecting East Texas lakes to the faucets of North Texans is fully operational. From their new facility in the rural Ennis countryside, employees from the Tarrant Regional Water District and Dallas' water utility gathered May 20 to celebrate the opening of the $2.3 billion Integrated Pipeline Project. Because water supply projects like reservoirs or pipelines can consume billions of dollars and years of planning, both sides of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex ultimately decided the best course of action was to share operational and maintenance costs to bring more water to the region, said Dan Buhman, general manager of the Tarrant water district. The result, he said, is an infrastructure project that will save $1 billion across the lifetime of the project and reduces the environmental impact associated with constructing two separate pipelines across Texas. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.