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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Water Development Board drafted a list of "Potential Priority State Water Plan Projects" for lawmakers as early as January, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.

The projects, broken down by region and projected cost:

NORTH TEXAS

Pipeline to bring water from existing reservoirs to Tarrant Regional Water District and Dallas: $1.8 billion

Municipal conservation: $1.2 million

Pipeline from Lake Fork to Lake Tawakoni to Dallas Water Utilities: $496.2 million

Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir: $615.5 million

Lake Ralph Hall: $286 million

FAR WEST TEXAS

Irrigation conveyance system conservation: $147.6 million

Aquifer storage and recovery of treated surface water: $39.8 million

Expansion of brackish groundwater desalination plant: $34.3 million

NORTH/CENTRAL TEXAS

Brazos River Authority system operations permit: $204.3 million

Cedar Ridge Reservoir: $285.2 million

Miller's Creek augmentation: $46.9 million

GULF COAST

Luce Bayou transfer from Trinity River to Lake Houston: $253.9 million

Major transmission in Harris County from Lake Houston: $462.6 million

Allens Creek Reservoir: $222.8 million

EAST TEXAS

Lake Kruth Regional System: $56.5 million

CENTRAL TEXAS

City of Austin reuse project: $302.3 million

SOUTH TEXAS

Texas Water Alliance Regional Carrizo groundwater project: $313 million

SOUTH TEXAS/RIO GRANDE VALLEY

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority mid-basin off-channel reservoir: $546 million

Hays/Caldwell Public Utility Authority Carrizo groundwater project: $307.7 million

Brackish groundwater desalination: $267.3 million

Irrigation conveyance system conservation: $131.9 million

Acquisition and conveyance of irrigation water for non-irrigation uses: $703.5 million

Brownsville weir and reservoir: $98.4 million

Non-potable reuse: $174.9 million

SOUTH PLAINS

Lubbock Bertram Lake 7: $68.3 million

STATEWIDE

Development of groundwater projects serving entities with 5,000 population or less, including all county-other users that have identified needs in 2020: $518.8 million

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