East Texas Landowners and Legislators Questioning Large-Scale Export Water Projects: Rep. Cody Harris to the rescue!

Don't Mess with Cody or his water.

Conservation Equity Management [CEM] filed an application for 45,000 AFY with the Neches & Trinity GCD to export the water to DFW metroplex. The well fields are located in Anderson and Henderson counties. The application has created a firestorm in East Texas! County officials for Anderson, Henderson, Leon, Commanche, and Smith counties are opposed.

State Representatives Cody Harris and Trent Ashby are joined by Senator Nichols in opposing the project. Representative Harris is Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee [HNCR]. He has called for a HNRC public hearing on July 15 in Austin. Chairman Harris listened keenly to landowner testimony from those impacted by Vista Ridge. He has certainly taken it to heart. He published an editorial in the Cherokeean Herald that states:

"As a lifelong East Texan, your State Representative and Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, I will not stand by while our water is drained for someone else’s gain. I will use the full weight of my authority to stop it.

That’s why I’m calling a public hearing at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday, July 15 at 1 p.m. to get answers. This hearing will focus on high-capacity groundwater production in the Neches & Trinity Valleys GCD and what it means for the future of our region.

Texans can submit comments here: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c390

Watch live: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

East Texas water belongs to EAST TEXANS – not out-of- town profiteers."

LIV thanks leaders for standing up who are questioning large-scale export water projects.

We remember Vista Ridge, the San Antone Hose!