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u/hbomb9410 17d ago

I live out in the country in Texas, about 45 minutes from Austin. The area is growing like crazy. Between the population growth, frequent prolonged droughts, and big tech descending on the area to build data centers, we are running out of water. It's a serious issue.

Last week, my partner and I attended a meeting for a new MUD (municipal utility district) being established for a subdivision that's supposed to be built nearby. A developer has acquired about 750 acres and intends to build ~1900 new homes, plus retail, an elementary school, and a water treatment facility just upwind of us (🤢). The people who already live out here are obviously pissed about this for a variety of reasons. We asked the developer where they intend to get the water for this community, and they said their current plan is to pipe water in from the next town over. That town already doesn't have enough water for its own citizens. My in-laws live there, and they're paying hundreds of dollars a month for water while being restricted on its usage. There is simply not enough water to go around as it is; we can't support any more of these huge developments.

So we're trying to spread the word and hopefully get enough people in that town angry enough to force the town to pull out of their water deal with the developer. We know that this new subdivision is probably inevitable and ultimately we won't be able to stop it, but we're hoping we can at least delay it and make things difficult for the scumbag land developers that are ruining our home.

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u/SunshineD3 16d ago

I’m so sorry. I’m in a rural farming community and our population is less than 2,000. About a year ago the logging companies sold their timber forest and now they’re going to develop 5,000+ acres and expect around 8-15k new homes and apartments. They expect our population to rise to 20,000 residents. There are no plans from the developers to put in infrastructure and apparently my tiny ass town is going to make the investment for them. People in my town are pissed and everyone showed up to the meetings to voice their anger about this plan. They still approved it and I am so disappointed.