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The following is a copy of a letter from Bill West, general manager of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA), to GBRA employees and other readers of GBRA's award-winning magazine, "GBRA River Run." It reviews the pending crisis of a water shortage in Texas brought about by the apparent inability of the Texas Legislature to agree on ways to fund new water supply projects.
It also touches on the obstacles associated with the development of the controversial Simsboro groundwater project described in the previous issue of Water Matters. This newsletter has also included articles about "Funding New Dams" in December, 2008, and about the Simsboro project in March, 2006.
If you would like to respond to Mr. West's request for input on these issues, send an email to editor@gbra.org. Mr. West's letter reads as follows.
Even now, during difficult economic times, the state of Texas is looking good. People are still "getting here as fast as they can" and our business environment is healthier than nearly anywhere else in the nation. But, looming on the horizon, not that far away, is a crisis that cannot be avoided unless we all start thinking in a new way about water.
Obviously, with more people and more business in Texas, we need more water. But, as state agencies and elected officials work to plan for our future water needs, obstacles are damming up our water supply. In Region L alone where there are 20.5 counties trying to come together to plan for their future water needs, the cold, hard fact is that the last major reservoir project completed in the area was Canyon Reservior in 1964 - 46 years ago. The last major reservoir project completed in the entire state was Jim Chapman Reservoir in 1991, nearly 20 years ago.
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