AUSTIN (AP) — Only 8 percent of counties in Texas rejected a $2 billion water spending plan in a constitutional amendment that easily passed in November.
The Dallas Morning News reported Saturday that the 20 rural counties which voted down the measure are uniquely able to produce water. Those county leaders now fear their needs will be sacrificed to maintain economic and population growth in Texas.
The water measure borrows from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to jumpstart new pipeline and conservation projects. It passed by a 3-to-1 margin.