Texas has a documented long-term water problem and is aggressively planning future supplies. Louisiana has major new industrial and data-center water demands of its own. Because the two states share interconnected river systems, Louisiana should conduct and publicly release a comprehensive study of the cumulative effects before major water commitments are made.
Opinion submitted by a Journal reader
๐ง๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐
๐?
Louisiana citizens ought to start asking a question before somebody else answers it for us:
๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎโ๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ?
That question matters because Louisiana citizens have watched enormous economic-development projects negotiated under NDAs, public authorities become major players in private industrial development, fights over eminent domain and permanent underground COโ injection, massive transmission projects, thousands of acres targeted for solar development, rapidly expanding data centers, and even discussions involving nuclear development and radioactive-waste disposal.
And then there is water.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Researchers at the University of Texas reported in May 2026 that Texas data-center growth could eventually account for ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฌ under a high-growth scenario.
Louisiana is facing many of the same questions as enormous data-center and industrial projects move into our state.
So while everybody asks:
๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ?
Maybe Louisiana should also be asking:
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ?
๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ .
The Texas Water Development Board adopted its 2027 State Water Plan on July 23, 2026.
Texas estimates that implementing more than 3,000 recommended water-management projects through 2080 will require nearly $174 billion in capital investment.
Even if Texas builds all of those projects, its plan still projects approximately ๐ญ.๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ.
Texas also warns that without the recommended strategies, roughly one out of every four Texans in 2080 could have less than half of the municipal water supply needed during a drought of record.
Call it pressure, need, shortage, or desperation.
๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง.
North Texas already takes water from ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, and additional Texoma conveyance infrastructure is being developed.
Texas planning also identifies additional supplies involving ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ and the proposed ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฟ on the Sulphur River; ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ขโ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, which feeds Big Cypress Bayou toward Caddo Lake; and ๐ง๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ on the Sabine River.
These are not all one project. Some are operating, some proposed, and some are long-range strategies.
But Louisiana should not look at each one in isolation and ignore the cumulative question.
The Sulphur River belongs to the larger Red River drainage system.
Lake Oโ the Pines controls flows into Big Cypress Bayou toward ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ, a Texas-Louisiana water system. The Corps of Engineers has documented that reservoir operations altered the natural downstream flow regime enough that special releases have been used to restore portions of that flow.
Texas planning identifies approximately ๐ณ๐ฑ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ from Lake Oโ the Pines as a potential North Texas supply strategy and approximately ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฎ,๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ associated with Wright Patman.
๐ง๐ข๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ช๐๐๐-๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐.
For decades, many Louisiana citizens probably would have laughed if somebody suggested Louisiana might someday discuss selling Toledo Bend water to Texas.
Then it became a real public-policy discussion.
Residents pushed back. Public meetings were held. Controversy followed.
Louisiana law expressly gives the Sabine River Authority power to enter contracts involving the sale, distribution, or consumption of water within or outside Louisiana, subject to required approvals.
So when somebody says:
โOh, they would never sell our water.โ
Louisiana citizens have every reason to ask:
๐๐ณ ๐ง๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐?
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ?
Nobody has shown us a document saying Texas is going to reroute the Red River.
We are not claiming one exists.
But Texas already takes water from the Red River system and is planning or studying additional supplies from tributaries connected to that regional drainage.
So what happens when you add all of those withdrawals together?
What happens at Shreveport?
What happens at Alexandria?
What happens during drought?
And what happens underground?
The ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ is hydraulically connected to the river in significant areas. When the river rises, water can move into surrounding alluvial sediments and contribute to groundwater recharge and bank storage.
If major upstream withdrawals materially alter river levels, flow duration, or high-water periods, Louisiana needs to know whether recharge could decline, groundwater levels could fall, hydraulic gradients could change, or poorer-quality groundwater could move differently.
Those are not accusations.
๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง?
USGS mapping shows that the ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
That does not mean the Red River simply pours directly into the Chicot.
It does mean Louisianaโs groundwater systems are not isolated underground tanks.
USGS data show that approximately ๐ฑ๐ญ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ comes from the Chicot aquifer system.
And even if Texas water transfers never directly lower Chicot water levels, another concern remains:
๐๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐.
Cities, agriculture, industry, data centers, and power plants all still need water.
One substitute is more groundwater pumping.
More groundwater pumping means more pressure on the Chicot.
๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐.
๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ข.
Toledo Bend sits on the Sabine River.
If significant quantities of water are transferred from Toledo Bend or elsewhere in the Sabine system, the concern does not stop at the reservoir shoreline.
The Sabine continues south toward Sabine Lake and the Gulf. Freshwater flow affects salinity, wetlands, fisheries, ecosystems, municipalities, and industry.
Change the amount and timing of freshwater long enough, and downstream systems can change with it.
The Calcasieu is a separate basin, but southwest Louisianaโs water resources do not exist in isolation. If one source becomes less dependable, demand can shift elsewhere.
๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐.
๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ.
Louisiana officials may not like citizens asking these questions.
But they created the atmosphere that makes us ask them.
When citizens repeatedly watch public business conducted under NDAs, they stop assuming silence means nothing is happening.
When enormous projects are negotiated before communities understand them, citizens stop accepting:
โDonโt worry about it.โ
Louisiana citizens have watched eminent-domain battles, permanent underground COโ injection, huge transmission projects, enormous solar developments, data centers beside rural communities, nuclear and radioactive-waste discussions, and actual discussions about sending Toledo Bend water to Texas.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎโ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
That does not mean every rumor is true.
It means:
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐.
๐ช๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐โ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐๐ฌ?
Texas is identifying reservoirs, pipelines, interbasin transfers, drought strategies, and future supplies while planning for population growth, industrial expansion, and data-center demand.
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎโ๐ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐?
Where is the cumulative analysis combining Lake Texoma, the Red River, Wright Patman, Marvin Nichols, Lake Oโ the Pines, Caddo Lake, Toledo Bend, the Sabine, the Red River alluvial aquifer, the Chicot, industrial growth, data-center demand, and drought?
Maybe such a study exists.
๐๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ.
If it does not exist, why not?
๐ช๐ ๐๐ข๐กโ๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ. ๐ช๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ฆ.
Maybe every one of these projects is independent.
Maybe Texas can develop all of these supplies without materially harming Louisiana.
Fine.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐.
Model it.
Put the numbers on the table.
Show us what happens to the Red River at Shreveport and Alexandria, Caddo Lake, Toledo Bend, the Sabine, the Red River alluvial aquifer, and the Chicot.
Show us what happens under drought conditions.
And model it while accounting for the unprecedented growth in AI data centers, power generation, and industrial development across both states.
Because Louisiana citizens should have learned one lesson by now:
๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐.
Texas is planning for Texas.
Texas is protecting Texas.
Texas is searching for water.
๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ.
Our water feeds our rivers, aquifers, farms, industries, wetlands, wildlife, fisheries, and communities.
It is not simply another commodity.
It belongs in Louisianaโs future.
๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐โ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐, ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ผ๐
๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ & ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ
Gulf States Newsroom / WWNO โ Louisiana NDAs and major economic-development projects:
Louisiana Illuminator โ Louisiana nuclear-energy campus and radioactive-waste discussion:
https://lailluminator.com/2026/07/29/louisiana-nuclear-campus
University of Texas โ Texas data-center growth and projected water demand:
Laredo Morning Times โ Laredo water concerns involving data centers:
https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/trevino-laredo-data-center-opposition-neeb-city-22385565.php
Gulf States Newsroom / WWNO โ Independent air and water monitoring around Metaโs Louisiana data center:
KALB โ Applied Digital Delta Forge water-related documents and Rapides Parish concerns:
Texas Water Development Board โ 2027 Texas State Water Plan:
https://www.twdb.texas.gov/
Texas Water Development Board โ 2027 State Water Plan, projected projects, costs and unmet water needs:
https://www.twdb.texas.gov/
Region C Water Planning Group โ North Texas water-management strategies, including Lake Texoma, Lake Oโ the Pines, Wright Patman, Marvin Nichols, Toledo Bend, Red River off-channel storage, and other potential supplies:
https://regioncwater.org/wp-
North Texas Municipal Water District โ Texoma Two-Step program; additional pipelines designed to add approximately 90 million gallons per day of Lake Texoma conveyance capacity:
https://www.ntmwd.com/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/126
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers โ Big Cypress Bayou / Caddo Lake Sustainable Rivers Program; documents the downstream connection between Lake Oโ the Pines, Big Cypress Bayou, and Caddo Lake:
https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/sustainablerivers/sites/bigcypress
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers โ Lake Oโ the Pines environmental pulse releases designed to reproduce portions of the natural flow regime downstream:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers โ Lake Oโ the Pines / Ferrells Bridge Dam Water Control Manual and environmental-flow information for Big Cypress Bayou and Caddo Lake:
U.S. Geological Survey โ Hydrogeologic framework of the Red River alluvial aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in northwestern Louisiana:
U.S. Geological Survey โ Detailed hydrogeologic framework and conceptual model of the Red River alluvial aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer system:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/sir20255054/full
U.S. Geological Survey โ Relation of water levels in the Red River alluvial aquifer to the Red River, documenting river/aquifer hydraulic relationships:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/
U.S. Geological Survey โ Water Use in Louisiana, 2020; approximately 51% of Louisiana groundwater withdrawals came from the Chicot aquifer system:
https://www.usgs.gov/publications/water-use-louisiana-2020
U.S. Geological Survey โ Louisiana groundwater withdrawals dataset; approximately 960 million gallons per day, or about 51% of Louisiana groundwater withdrawals, came from the Chicot aquifer system:
https://www.usgs.gov/data/water-withdrawals-louisiana-2020
U.S. Geological Survey โ Coastal Lowlands Aquifer System; background on the Chicot aquifer in southwestern Louisiana:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/ch_f/F-text3.html
KALB โ Public opposition and discussions involving possible Toledo Bend water sales to Texas:
https://www.kalb.com/2025/07/25/residents-push-back-possible-toledo-bend-water-sale-texas
Louisiana Legislature โ Sabine River Authority powers involving water sales, distribution and consumption:
https://www.legis.la.gov/
E&E News โ Texas water planning and rapidly growing data-center demand:
https://www.eenews.net/articles/texas-water-plan-ignores-data-center-surge-2
Reuters โ Meta expansion in Richland Parish:
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