From Sen. Charles Perry’s March 7th press release:
Sen. Charles Perry filed Senate Bill 28 and Senate Joint Resolution 75 to create the Texas Water Fund (TWF) at the Texas Water Development Board. The fund establishes a new pathway for current and future appropriations to target key water infrastructure across the state.
“We lose 136 billion gallons of water a year to leaking pipes in Texas,” said Senator Perry. “There is unique opportunity this session to invest in our state so we can avoid boil water notices from broken pipes and fix our aging infrastructure.”
The bill also creates the New Water Supply Fund that targets big water supply projects for Texas with a goal to find 7 million acre feet (2.2 trillion gallons of water) in the next 10 years through committed projects. The fund would target desalination projects including marine, brackish, and produced water; water from other states; and new technologies with the potential to create large volumes of water.
“It has been and will always be my passion to find new water supply for our growing state and existing industry,” explained Senator Perry. “I want to personally commend Lt. Gov Dan Patrick for making this historic piece of legislation a priority. I am excited for what we can do for Texas.”