Texas' border with Oklahoma changes, and a pump station comes home
The Texas General Land Office announced this week that its boundary with Oklahoma was redrawn to correct the placement of a pump station.
The Texas-Oklahoma border was just redrawn. Here's why.
TEXAS, USA — The Texas-Oklahoma border under Lake Texoma has been redrawn to return a pump station that helps provide drinking water to millions back to the Texas side after 24 years. The redrawn boundary, adopted by Oklahoma’s Contingency Review Board Oct. 30, is part of an equal swap of 1.34 acres of land between the states.
Water pumping station causes Texas-Oklahoma border redraw
The North Texas Municipal Water District says the boundary between the states was previously redrawn in 2000, with most of the North Texas Municipal Water District’s pump statio
The Texas-Oklahoma border was just redrawn, thanks in part to zebra mussels
According to a news release sent out by the Texas General Land Office, the Red River Boundary Commission has redrawn the Texas-Oklahoma boundary under Lake Texoma so that a pump station would be completely in Texas.
How zebra mussels and a Lake Texoma pump station spurred Texas to redraw its border with Oklahoma
The two states agreed to a land swap to ensure that a Dallas-area water district’s pump station lies wholly within Texas. Neither state gained in size from the small change.
Texas Redraws Its Border to Solve Water Issue
After years of back-and-forth with Oklahoma, Texas finally redrew its northern borderline to solve a tricky water dilemma, the Texas General Land Office announced in a Thursday news release. Neither state grew larger or smaller,
Texas-Oklahoma boundary redrawn to secure ‘vital’ water supply for millions of Texans
The Texas-Oklahoma boundary was redrawn in Lake Texoma, moving a pump station fully back into Texas and securing water supplies for 2 million residents.
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