Surface-water treatment facilities anchor water investment across the Piney Woods region.
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East Texas benefits from relatively abundant surface-water resources, shaping a project pipeline focused on treatment, reliability and incremental capacity increases. Planning documents show utilities emphasizing upgrades to existing systems rather than major new supply development.
Many projects in the region are smaller in scale but well positioned to advance, reflecting defined scopes and integration into adopted regional plans.
Examples include:
1. City of Tyler surface-water treatment plant upgrades to address aging infrastructure.
2. City of Longview treatment and distribution system improvements.
3. Northeast Texas Municipal Water District conveyance and system reliability projects.
4. Regional basin-level upgrades improving treatment and delivery efficiency.
East Texas Regional Water Planning Group (Region D)
East Texas Regional Water Planning Group (Region I)
Region I 2021 Adopted Regional Water Plan, Volume II