{"id":2366577,"date":"2024-11-09T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-redraws-its-border-to-solve-water-issue\/"},"modified":"2024-11-09T16:56:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T21:56:57","slug":"texas-redraws-its-border-to-solve-water-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-redraws-its-border-to-solve-water-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Redraws Its Border to Solve Water Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-redraws-its-border-to-solve-water-issue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2366577&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas has officially redrawn\u2064 its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-thousands-protest-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-lockdowns\/\" title=\"New Zealand: Thousands Protest Coronavirus Vaccine Mandate, Lockdowns\">northern boundary<\/a> with Oklahoma\u2062 to address a water supply issue affecting northern Texans,\u2064 as \u2063announced by the Texas General Land Office. The change involves a small\u200b land\u2063 exchange of \u2063only 1.34 acres\u2064 that ensures a water\u2062 pumping station, located near Lake Texoma, remains within Texas borders. This \u200cissue has its roots in a\u200c discovery \u200dof zebra mussels, an invasive species, which prompted questions about the legal operation of the pump station.<\/p>\n<p>Initially built in Texas, the pump station was inadvertently affected \u200dwhen a new boundary\u200c was\u200d drawn in 2000, placing \u200cpart of it in Oklahoma and potentially violating\u200b federal laws against the interstate transport of zebra mussels.\u200d In\u2062 response\u200d to these\u2062 complications, Texas proposed a boundary amendment in 2021. This was finalized on October 30, 2024, ensuring that the\u2063 pump station is now entirely within Texas, thereby securing\u200c approximately 30% of\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flint-councilman-threatens-crackhead-colleague-he-says-is-trying-to-control-100-million-in-coronavirus-funds\/\" title=\"Flint Councilman Threatens \u2018Crackhead\u2019 Colleague He Says Is Trying To \u2018Control\u2019 0 Million In Coronavirus Funds\">drinking water supply<\/a> for over two million people in \u2063northern Texas. <\/p>\n<p>As part \u200cof the \u2064resolution,\u2062 the \u200bNorth Texas\u2062 Municipal \u200cWater \u2064District will\u200c also remit $10 million \u2063to the Oklahoma State Treasurer. The land is ultimately controlled by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees Lake Texoma. State officials expressed gratitude for\u2063 the resolution, highlighting its importance\u200b for future water supply stability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After years of back-and-forth with Oklahoma, Texas finally redrew its northern borderline to solve a tricky water dilemma, the Texas General Land Office announced in a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glo.texas.gov\/the-glo\/news\/press-releases\/2024\/november\/texas-land-commissioner-buckingham-redraws-texas-oklahoma-state-boundary-ensuring-safe-and-secure-water-for-two-million-north-texans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neither state grew larger or smaller, however, as they only exchanged a sliver of land amounting to 1.34 acres, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntmwd.com\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Texas Municipal Water District<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although this particular border issue goes back decades, the ball really started rolling in August 2009, after a discovery in Lake Texoma, a border lake in which Texas operates a water pump station.<\/p>\n<p>The North Texas Municipal Water District discovered zebra mussels, an invasive species.<\/p>\n<p>Suspending the operation of the pump station to prevent further spread of the mussels raised a question with a complex answer: Was the station located in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-wins-election-standoff-biden-harris-doj-will-not-bullied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> or Oklahoma?<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>If located in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dozens-horses-fall-dead-oklahoma-rodeo-investigation-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma<\/a>, operation of the pump would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">violate federal law<\/a> that prohibits the interstate transport of zebra mussels.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation revealed that the pump was within Texas borders when it was built in 1989. But in 2000, Texas and Oklahoma drew a new line along the south bank of the Red River, making part of the station within Oklahoma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2024\/11\/07\/texas-oklahoma-border-change-lake-texoma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Texas Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a solution, Texas sent Oklahoma a proposal in 2021 for a new boundary.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 30, the Red River Boundary Commission executed the Amended and Restated Texoma Area Boundary Agreement, correcting the border issue and ensuring the pump station was located wholly in Texas, the GLO news release said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As Texas Land Commissioner, it is my honor to work on behalf of all Texans and bring solutions to the table to benefit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">great state<\/a>,&rdquo; said Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This redrawn boundary line will ensure that millions of north Texans&rsquo; water comes from a secure source in Texas,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, Commissioner Buckingham is pleased to announce that the Red River Boundary Commission, with the help of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXGLO?\">@TXGLO<\/a>&lsquo;s surveying team, has redrawn the Texas-Oklahoma boundary under Lake Texoma in north Texas.<\/p>\n<p>This redrawn state boundary will ensure the security and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gqgE9ORYjA\">pic.twitter.com\/gqgE9ORYjA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas General Land Office (@TXGLO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXGLO\/status\/1854584590796820866?\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The newly redrawn boundary would ensure the security and availability of about 30 percent of the drinking water supply for more than 2 million people in northern Texas, according to the GLO.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the top priorities for the NTMWD Board of Directors is to ensure our growing region has sufficient water supplies,&rdquo; said NTMWD Board Member Marvin Fuller.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Achieving an agreement on this matter is a key part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">long-range water supply plan<\/a>. We&rsquo;re thankful to bring this issue to a resolution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the agreement, the NTMWD will remit $10 million to the Oklahoma State Treasurer, according to an NTMWD news release.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, neither state owns the land. 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The adjustment involved a minor land exchange of just 1.34 acres, meaning neither state increased or decreased in size, according to the North Texas Municipal Water District. This border dispute dates back decades but gained momentum in August 2009 when zebra mussels were discovered at Lake Texoma, where Texas operates a water pump station. The presence of these invasive species raised concerns about whether the pump was located in Texas or Oklahoma; if it were in Oklahoma, operating it would breach federal laws against transporting zebra mussels across state lines. Further investigations confirmed that the pump was built within Texas boundaries in 1989 but became partially situated in Oklahoma after a boundary change made by both states in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>To resolve this issue, Texas proposed a new boundary to Oklahoma in 2021. On October 30th, the Red River Boundary Commission finalized an agreement that rectified the border situation and ensured that the pump station is entirely within Texas territory. &#8220;As Land Commissioner for Texas, I am proud to advocate for solutions that benefit our state,&#8221; stated Dawn Buckingham, emphasizing that this new boundary will secure water sources for millions of residents in northern Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The revised boundary is expected to safeguard approximately 30% of drinking water supplies for over two million people living there. Marvin Fuller from NTMWD highlighted that securing adequate water resources is crucial for their growing region and expressed gratitude for reaching an agreement on this matter. As part of this resolution, NTMWD will pay $10 million to the Oklahoma State Treasurer; however, neither state technically owns the land since it falls under U.S. Army Corps of Engineers&#8217; jurisdiction due to its management over Lake Texoma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2366578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture-8.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3811,38399,44692,3694,44693],"class_list":["post-2366577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-border","tag-policy-change","tag-redraw","tag-texas","tag-water-issue"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture-8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366581,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366577\/revisions\/2366581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}