Candidates in Texarkana House District & Senate District Talk Water. 3 Bits InformedIntel.

On the Importance of Water:

• Lavender: the main issue in this race- water
  • “It is critically important that we own and control our water supply—more critical than most anything else.”
• VanDeaver agrees that water is the top issue
  • he supports more local control. 

On DFW piping in water from East Texas

• Brown: letting DFW have control over East Texas water is crazy
• Hughes: DFW should look elsewhere
• Simpson: “We need to defend our resources, our water and our property,” he said. “Our economic future is just as valuable as Dallas.'”
• Lee: Dallas doeesn’t have a water supply problem, it has a water pipe problem. Fix the pipes.
• Simpson to the TWDB: “”Property rights need to be defended,” he said. “State water boards don’t need to be determining economic value.””

On Marvin Nichols Reservoir:

All 6 candidates say NO.

Texarkana Gazette | State candidates discuss water rights, other issues