The Texas Land Commissioner introduced the Pink River Boundary Fee has redrawn the Texas-Oklahoma boundary with a view to guarantee secure water for greater than 2 million Texans.
The redraw will safe and make out there roughly 30% of the ingesting water provide for the encompassing space.
“As Texas Land Commissioner, it’s my honor to work on behalf of all Texans and convey options to the desk to learn our nice state. This redrawn boundary line will be sure that tens of millions of north Texans’ water comes from a safe supply in Texas,” mentioned Commissioner Daybreak Buckingham.Â
“I’m happy with the GLO’s surveying staff for taking part in such a big function in settling this boundary difficulty by utilizing their mapping abilities and experience. Surveying has been an important a part of the GLO for the reason that institution of this company in 1836.”
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In a press launch relating to the transfer, it was defined that the shift was prompted attributable to a discovery in 2009 of a pump station that was required to cease operation to ban additional introduction of Zebra mussels in Texas.
The mussels are believed to have detrimental impacts attributable to energy crops spending tens of millions eradicating them from clogged water intakes.
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It was throughout this pause in operation {that a} query arose relating to the place the pump station was positioned. If the pump was in Oklahoma, working it may violate federal regulation prohibiting the interstate transport of zebra mussels.
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“It was decided that the pump station that gives ingesting water to sure elements of north Texas was inadvertently constructed straddling the state strains of Texas and Oklahoma,” it mentioned.Â
“On October 30, 2024, the Pink River Boundary Fee, composed of Texas and Oklahoma commissions, executed the Amended and Restated Texoma Space Boundary Settlement to right the boundary difficulty and make sure the pump station is positioned wholly in Texas,” based on the assertion.
