Just.Stop.Talking.

The manager of the TRWD speaks on the 6 year, $6 million dollar lawsuit against Oklahoma.

WHERE do you think they got the $6 mil?  If you guessed YOU, you guessed correctly.

Notice how “continued growth and prosperity” remain one of their top priorities.  Funny, we thought their priorities were supposed to be water and flood control.

Did you Float with Feces at the Rocking the River event Thursday?  What did that cost?

Someone tell Oliver to put our money down and hush.

At least they “will look at other options to provide water” now.  Citizens have been asking them to for years.  They were too busy wakeboarding and restaurant building.

If they think the answer is the pipeline (the one their own staff doesn’t recommend and they are being sued over) or Marvin Nichols, maybe we need a new manager…

While we're at it, could we get some new attorney's too?  Cause any who thought this was a good idea need to go.  Stat.

Jim Oliver, general manager of the Tarrant Regional Water District, said that he is disappointed with the decision and that the district will look at other options to provide water for the region.

Securing additional water resources is essential to North Texas’ continued growth and prosperity and will remain one of our top priorities,” Oliver said, adding that the district spent about $6 million fighting the case in court.

Oliver said the district will continue to work with Oklahoma to see whether a deal can be struck for the purchase of water. “We’re still going to try to continue discussions with Oklahoma to see if some kind compromise can be reached, but I’m not going to bet the farm on it,” he said.

“The population in our service area is expected to double over the next 50 years, so we will act quickly to develop new sources,” Oliver said.

Read more here.

How much did that cost YOU?

The Tarrant Regional Water District just lost their lawsuit (again) to sue Oklahoma and take their water.

The Supreme Court voted against it, unanimously. The Fort Worth Way doesn't work everywhere. And it won't work here much longer.

Now how are they going to fund those Tubing on the Trinity/Rocking the River/Floating with Feces events if they keep spending millions on frivolous lawsuits?

And WHAT are they going to do about that pesky little water supply issue?

Read all about it here....

“Perfect Storm”

Recently we mentioned we have been receiving tons of email on the subject of water, or lack thereof.

The emails keep pouring in.

MSN.com recently posted an article on Tribes in the Southwest that are without water due to the cold snap and the aging infrastructure shattering with dropping temps.  If you think it can’t happen to YOU, here, ask around, find out how old the infrastructure carrying water to your home is.  You might be shocked.  Or terrified.

http://news.msn.com/us/tribes-struggling-without-water-in-southwest-cold-snap

"We are facing an emergency that is putting lives at risk," said Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, who last month signed a declaration of emergency in the reservation, which extends across parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico and has an estimated 220,000 tribal residents.

"People with health risks don't have running water, some communities have low water pressure that are putting health centers and hospitals at risk of closure," he said.

The freeze, during which temperatures barely rose into the teens during the day, ruptured pipes, some laid in the 1950s, in Window Rock, the nation's capital, as well as the small town of Fort Defiance and in other smaller communities where many tribal members tend livestock, weave handicrafts and make jewelry.

Shelly is seeking $2.8 million in federal and state aid to fix waterlines across the nation, and to cover costs for operating an emergency center.

And the Fort Worth Weekly does another great job at letting you know just how much “blue gold” could end up costing YOU.  YOU better be paying attention.  YOU owe it to YOUR kids.

For those of you playing along at home, the Supreme Court will now here the Tarrant Regional Water District’s case concerning suing Oklahoma to take their water.

“I hate to use the analogy, but we’re looking at the perfect storm,” she said. “It’s kind of hard to calculate what the price of water will be when in some places there just won’t be any.”