Landowner Eddie Belcher arrives for a meeting of the North East Texas Regional Water Planning Group D regarding the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Pittsburg, Texas.

North Texas water planners first conceived of Marvin Nichols in the late 1960s. Tensions surrounding its future intensified in the 2000s, as Dallas-Fort Worth’s surging population laid bare the ...

Marvin Nichols, which would be located along the Sulphur River in Red River and Titus counties, has been included in the Region D water plan for possible development since 1968.

At full capacity, engineers said the facility will store 1,532,000 acre-feet of water — just under 500 billion gallons, or 757,575 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Around three quarters of the lake ...

State leaders say Marvin Nichols is necessary to provide water for fast-growing North Texas, but landowners strongly oppose the plan to flood 70,000 acres in East Texas to establish the reservoir.

It yields five times as much water as Marvin Nichols would produce. It was built 60 years ago, allegedly for water supply, yet only trivial amounts of the water have ever been used.

The Marvin Nichols is a major part of the region’s latest water supply plan, written to accommodate an estimated population of 14.7 million in 2070.

Several members of the Northeast Texas Regional Water Planning Group, also known as Region D, maintained Thursday that they want no action on the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir — construction ...