With that being said, a current proposition will be able to be voted upon tomorrow that could possibly help Texas with the water deficit. Proposition 6 is a constitutional amendment that is said to take out $2 Billion out of the Rainy Day Fund (state's savings account) in order to help create 2 accounts to help fund water projects in the state. Although there are those who favor this proposition and those who oppose it, the real question here is whether this proposition could indeed help with our water deficit. The supporters argue that this is needed to ensure that the state will have enough water to meet it's future needs. I for one do not support this proposition and feel it will be a waste of 2 billion that could be used elsewhere.
One example as to why I don't see this working out is because a North Texas water supplier fought for over 10 years to win state approval of the first reservoir to be built in decades, and it is still waiting for a federal permit. If this water supplier is still waiting on approval after all these years, what makes us think that passing this proposition will guarantee water infrastructure projects to be built and help our deficit? Although we have a reservoir already being permitted to be built, such as Lake Ralph Hall. It had been nearly 25 years since a reservoir was last built, so it only furthermore shows that Texas is constantly hesitant in allowing water reservoirs to be built which leads me to believe that this proposition will be a waste of our state's funds/time and should not be passed.
Even on the article in The Texas Tribune, they have an environmental law researcher say "By the time projects are identified, bonds are issued, and projects are actually initiated and then come online, that's some ways down the road" from the University of Texas at Austin. This furthermore shows that it will take a while before water infrastructure plans can be implemented and even if this law passes, it will more than likely help future droughts, but not the current one. Additionally, our state is being populated on a daily basis and that only contributes to even more water usage. Even with the current water drought, I still see people down the road make huge misuses of our water supply. I've seen people watering their lawns at night time or even sprinklers being on as it's raining outside. Whether we pass this proposition or not, some people will still misuse the current water supply we have and we will end up right back here in drought and water limitations.
What makes me oppose this proposition as well, is the fact that it will take 2 billion out of our state's savings. That just speaks getting into debt and a misuse of such a large fund. Simply because some people will still misuse and not obey restrictions as the ones that are being implemented now on water, I feel that they should hold off on this proposition. This proposition won't get us out of anything overnight, so why even pass it now? They should wait and see if more reservoirs will be passed in a timely manner that could help with the deficit so we won't have to get so much funds out, misuse them, and waste our time waiting to see if they can get water infrastructures to be built. I think if we wait a while and see if Texas improves on permitting reservoirs to be built, we will be able help droughts, not get into any sorts of debts, or misuse state funds over a period of time!
One example as to why I don't see this working out is because a North Texas water supplier fought for over 10 years to win state approval of the first reservoir to be built in decades, and it is still waiting for a federal permit. If this water supplier is still waiting on approval after all these years, what makes us think that passing this proposition will guarantee water infrastructure projects to be built and help our deficit? Although we have a reservoir already being permitted to be built, such as Lake Ralph Hall. It had been nearly 25 years since a reservoir was last built, so it only furthermore shows that Texas is constantly hesitant in allowing water reservoirs to be built which leads me to believe that this proposition will be a waste of our state's funds/time and should not be passed.
Even on the article in The Texas Tribune, they have an environmental law researcher say "By the time projects are identified, bonds are issued, and projects are actually initiated and then come online, that's some ways down the road" from the University of Texas at Austin. This furthermore shows that it will take a while before water infrastructure plans can be implemented and even if this law passes, it will more than likely help future droughts, but not the current one. Additionally, our state is being populated on a daily basis and that only contributes to even more water usage. Even with the current water drought, I still see people down the road make huge misuses of our water supply. I've seen people watering their lawns at night time or even sprinklers being on as it's raining outside. Whether we pass this proposition or not, some people will still misuse the current water supply we have and we will end up right back here in drought and water limitations.
What makes me oppose this proposition as well, is the fact that it will take 2 billion out of our state's savings. That just speaks getting into debt and a misuse of such a large fund. Simply because some people will still misuse and not obey restrictions as the ones that are being implemented now on water, I feel that they should hold off on this proposition. This proposition won't get us out of anything overnight, so why even pass it now? They should wait and see if more reservoirs will be passed in a timely manner that could help with the deficit so we won't have to get so much funds out, misuse them, and waste our time waiting to see if they can get water infrastructures to be built. I think if we wait a while and see if Texas improves on permitting reservoirs to be built, we will be able help droughts, not get into any sorts of debts, or misuse state funds over a period of time!
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