Sierrans Needed at January 18th Dallas City Council Briefing

dallas city hall,  room 6e south at 9:00 am

The Dallas City Council will be briefed on a Sulphur River Basin Study which includes studying the proposed Marvin Nichols reservoir and a log jam. Come to the meeting; wear a badge in opposition to Dallas' paying for a study that includes unneeded, destructive Marvin Nichols Reservoir and other unneeded new reservoirs in the Sulphur Basin.  Both newly-elected City Council members and those who have served for awhile need to see that citizens do not support this study. Last Spring Dallas withdrew its previous plans to join other suppliers in building Marvin Nichols Reservoir and wisely chose instead to get a portion of its future water supply from nearby existing Lake Wright Patman in the Sulphur River Basin that also has much additional available water. But since the Council agreed to join the Sulphur Basin Study as described last Spring, the study has changed such that for the coming year it will not further Dallas' chosen Patman strategy and it will further only the other suppliers' plans to build Marvin Nichols. Also, now there's no 50% federal funding, and the other suppliers have retained the very engineering firm the Council opposed because this firm will build Marvin Nichols if the study "concludes" that the reservoir should be built.

Call Rita Beving at 214-373-3808 or email her at rita@dallassierraclub.org and Beth Johnson at beth@bethjohnson.com if you can attend.