Proposed $4 Billion Water Plan Aids Lower Rio Grande
The State Water Development Board backs a 50-year plan to meet lower Rio Grande Valley needs through 1990 with a 980-mile conduit from northeast Texas. After 1990, about 200000 acre feet annually from out of state may be required for El Paso area unless Colorado releases 1 million acre feet owed. Hearings set in Corpus Christi Edinburg Laredo and El Paso.