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Region D Planning Group
The North East Texas Regional Water Planning Area encompasses all or parts of 19 counties. Largely rural and characterized by numerous,small communities and some medium-sized municipalities, the region includes the cities of Longview, Texarkana, and Greenville. The planning area overlaps large portions of the Red, Sulphur, Cypress, and Sabine river basins and smaller parts of the Trinity and Neches river basins. The North East Texas Region's main economic base is agribusiness, including a variety of crops, as well as cattle and poultry production. Timber, oil and gas, and mining are significant industries in the eastern portion of the region. In the western portion of the region, many residents are employed in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Region D Counties
- Bowie
- Cass
- Camp
- Delta
- Gregg
- Franklin
- Harrison
- Hopkins
- Hunt
- Lamar
- Marion
- Morris
- Rains
- Red River
- Smith (partial)
- Titus
- Upshur
- Van Zandt
- Wood
Meeting Minutes & Updates
Upcoming Planning Group Meeting Schedule
Last Meeting: The North East Texas (Region D) Regional Water Planning Group (RWPG) met on April 3, 2013 in Mount Pleasant. Highlights include:
- The RWPG reappointed their current slate of officers. Chair: Bret McCoy; Vice-Chair: Jim Eidson; Secretary: Shirley Shumake; At-Large: Darwin Douthit
- The RWPG approved the content and posting of a public notice that the group is accepting nominations for 8 positions for terms beginning September 1, 2013. Six of the 8 positions are held by members eligible for reappointment.
- The RWPG approved accepting updated mining demands with previously submitted adjustment request and supporting data.
- The RWPG approved submitting hydrologic assumption modifications to TWDB for the Red, Cypress, and Sulphur WAMs. The group approved using the currently available Sabine WAM for evaluation of existing availability and supply.
- The RWPG approved the invoice for payment to Hayes Engineering and RPS/Espey.
Meeting Minutes: visit the Region D Group Meeting Minutes Page hosted by TWDB.
Region D Water Plans
Projections Data
Region D Related Links
TWDB Contact for Region D
To contact the TWDB Project Manager, please click Region D Project Manager