Clay County

Last but not least, a proposed reservoir in North Texas will not be built, for now, after Travis County District Court judge reversed a permit granted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

In 2024, the TCEQ approved a permit for the city of Wichita Falls to build Lake Ringgold in Clay County.

Lake Ringgold is part of the state water plan for Region B in north-central Texas.

Currently, the estimated cost for Lake Ringgold is about $560 million.

The plan came after the severe drought in Wichita Falls from 2011 to 2015.

The reservoir would be built by damming part of the Little Wichita River to fill a 1,600-acre site.

Clay County residents and landowners whose land would be impacted by the reservoir sued to reverse the permit.

Thanks for listening.

Who cares? Landowners prevail in Lake Ringgold permit ruling.

The Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association reporting that a ruling in favor of landowners in the long-running legal fight over the proposed Lake Ringgold reservoir in Clay County.

They're applauding that ruling, saying it's a victory for private property rights and protection of agricultural land.

The judge overturned a previous argument for the permit issued by TCEQ.