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Over the next 30 years, the population that the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) provides safe drinking water for is expected to nearly double. Every year, an estimated 55,000 people move into NTMWD’s service area, including numerous “boomtowns,” as... more
The construction of Bois d’Arc Lake was completed in the Fall of 2022, marking the first new reservoir to be built in Texas in over 30 years. Decades of planning and permitting went into this new water supply, located in... more
WYLIE, TX – May 23, 2022: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently accepted the North Texas Municipal Water District’s (NTMWD) Bois d’Arc Lake Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) as meeting the agency’s guidelines for watershed-based plans. The Bois d’Arc Lake WPP... more
As part of the North Texas Municipal Water District’s commitment to our growing region, Executive Director Jenna Covington shared progress on the construction of Bois d’Arc Lake with a special tour for Congressman Pat Fallon and five staff members. Congressman... more
The North Texas Municipal Water District was recently selected by one of nation’s most preeminent engineering and construction publications, Engineering News-Record (ENR), as the Texas-Louisiana Owner of the Year for the Bois d’Arc Lake project underway in Fannin County as... more
The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) has a legacy going back more than seventy years to meet the region’s needs today and tomorrow. As part of that vision, discussions began in the 1980s for a new water supply reservoir... more
Texas A&M AgriLife, North Texas Municipal Water District and other stakeholders in the Bois d’Arc Lake Watershed Partnership hosted a Lone Star Healthy Streams Workshop in Bonham, Texas, to share guidance and the importance of protecting and improving water quality... more
Final construction work on dam and lake facilities is continuing Wylie-Texas, June 4, 2021: The recent heavy rains in North Texas is causing Bois d’Arc Lake in Fannin County to fill quickly and water is flowing from the spillway as... more
Bois d’Arc Lake, the first major reservoir in Texas in nearly 30 years, is now filling. The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) began impounding, or capturing, water on the 16,641-acre lake today. “We are excited to reach this major... more
The Bois d’Arc Lake project has really taken shape this summer. For a project of such massive proportions, Bois d’Arc Lake is well on its way to meeting the goal of water delivery by spring of 2022. The past several... more