A Dallas developer purchasing Fairfield Lake State Park is considering a plan to sell water from the reservoir to parched North Texas cities.
North Texas faces a severe water shortage, but environmental groups say this move would be catastrophic for the lake.
The 50-year-old state park south of Dallas closed Tuesday after months of negotiations between private companies and the state failed to secure a deal., which has leased the land to the state at no cost., plans to transform the land into an exclusive gated community with multi-million homes and a golf course. State park officials say Todd has also indicated plans to sell some of the water to cities in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Texas Parks and Wildlife modeling shows removing that water would reduce the lake’s acreage from 2,047 acres to 1,200 and shrink 26 miles of shoreline to 12.5 miles, said Aplin, who is also the founder and CEO of Buc-ee’s.
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