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Old 05-13-2017, 02:14 PM
 
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Why run water forty miles over? Why not just ask people to live closer to the supply infrastructure?
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Old 05-13-2017, 03:18 PM
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Why run water forty miles over? Why not just ask people to live closer to the supply infrastructure?
Chambers County near the Trinity is all swamp! (exaggerating, but a lot is not buildable).
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Old 05-13-2017, 03:42 PM
 
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Its been a while, but I remember the Spring and Klein areas having a deadline about this time to get off groundwater. I had wondered how they would do it without annexation. That's probably what this plant is about. To stop the subsidence.
We are all supposed to get off well water. The regional water authorities were created to solve the problem. They will sell bonds to fund the building of infrastructure to bring water to their areas. The north Harris county regional water authority brings water from Lake Houston.
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Old 05-13-2017, 07:18 PM
 
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Why run water forty miles over? Why not just ask people to live closer to the supply infrastructure?
That's exactly what I thought
Now I'm wondering where's all the fiscal conservative people
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Old 05-18-2017, 08:13 PM
 
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That's exactly what I thought
Now I'm wondering where's all the fiscal conservative people
Seriously?
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Old 05-19-2017, 04:02 PM
 
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Why run water forty miles over? Why not just ask people to live closer to the supply infrastructure?
Hey Pedro, ya want 2 million houses over on Lake Houston?
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Old 05-19-2017, 06:21 PM
 
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Hey Pedro, ya want 2 million houses over on Lake Houston?
The lake is pretty much lined with houses now.

As long as there are no marinas, I should be good.

The lake is crowded though.
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