TYLER, Texas (KETK)-- Although the Texas House and regular special sessions have ended, the fight for Texas Groundwater hasn't ended.
"This is my number one priority, without question. And it will be going into next session as well," State Representative Cody Harris of Palestine said.
Harris, along with several water conservation groups, continues to push back on a proposal to drill dozens of high-capacity groundwater wells in East Texas.
"Yesterday afternoon, we had a water workshop that was really for our water supply corporations," Harris said. "It also turned into a discussion on groundwater and what's going on with the Pine Bless and Red Town Ranch proposal."
Those projects could potentially pump up to 10 billion gallons of groundwater to other parts of the state. Harris says part