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Water Storage - TRA owns the water rights in a series of federal lakes as well as in TRA’s Lake Livingston in the lower Trinity River. The Corps of Engineers built and operates
Bardwell Lake
in
Ellis County for water supply, flood control, and
recreational purposes. The Authority
serves as local sponsor for this project's water supply. Ennis and Ellis County Water
Control and Improvement Districts (Waxahachie) have contracted with TRA for
the use of all
of Bardwell Lake's dependable water supply yield. Corsicana, Dawson, the Post Oak Water Supply
Corporation and one industry have contracted with TRA,
Navarro Mills Lake's local sponsor,
for almost all of the annual 19,400 acre-foot dependable water supply yield. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers built and
operates this
Navarro County Lake for water supply, flood control and recreational
purposes.
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Lake Livingston is the
only main stem reservoir on the Trinity. There are approximately 15,000
square miles of uncontrolled
upstream watershed that drain into Lake Livingston. As the largest, single-purpose
water supply lake in Texas, Lake Livingston is also a popular recreational area. The
83,000 surface-acre lake is located in parts of
Trinity,
Polk,
Walker and
San Jacinto
counties.
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shoreline, has the capacity to store 1.75 million acre-feet of water. Houston owns 70
percent of the dependable water supply yield. TRA owns the remaining 30 percent.
TRA’s Huntsville, Livingston and Trinity County regional water supply systems draw
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Construction of the
long-delayed Wallisville Saltwater Barrier resumed during 1992. Completed in 1999, it is
operated in conjunction with Lake Livingston to provide additional water supplies for the
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at Wallisville eliminate the need for TRA to release fresh water from Lake Livingston
during the rice irrigation season to hydraulically flush saltwater from the lower river.
The Wallisville Project will protect the full water supply yield of Lake Livingston while
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Recreation
Facilities -
TRA manages 2,900 acres of shoreline
lands and islands at Lake Livingston and administers commercial and marina leases on the
lake. Included in the acreage is Wolf Creek Park consisting of 137 acres.
Wolf Creek Park
is highly developed, providing a full range of camping and marina facilities. In addition, Tigerville Park, a day-use recreation area, offers picnic sites, a boat-launching ramp and
a fishing pier. Free public boat ramps are maintained at five other points on the lake.
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Financing Funds - Another area of service provided by
TRA within its political subdivision is tax-exempt financing for municipalities and
industry. TRA is able to issue tax-exempt bonds for water and sewer improvements for
municipalities and pollution control revenue bonds under the Clean Air Financing Act of
1973 for the installation of industrial pollution control facilities. TRA has
issued such bonds to finance wastewater treatment facilities for Huntsville. |
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TRA has issued tax-exempt bonds to
finance air pollution control facilities for the TXI concrete plant in Midlothian. TRA
exists to provide public services. If you have any
questions about the Authority and the services we provide please contact the
Authority’s Public Information Division at (817) 467-4343 or
publicinfo@trinityra.org.
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