Texas might overpay for reservoir after fumbling Fairfield park deal | Opinion
, the state will build Lake Tehuacana between Fairfield Lake and Richland Chambers Reservoir. The documents say the project is scheduled to start in 2025 and be completed in 2045 at a cost of $500 million. Lake Tehuacana will impound 15,000 surface acres and yield 21,000 acre-feet of water.
When we asked the Texas Water Development Board, the statewide agency charged with meeting the water demands of all Texans, about this issue, a representative said it never considered purchasing Fairfield Lake. , as we reported last month. Aplin told us the considerations there have been about cobbling together funding from the state sporting goods tax, special appropriations or partner nonprofits, but apparently not the state water board. When we reached out again last week, Aplin declined to speak with us, without even knowing what our questions were.
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