{"id":17051,"date":"2013-10-25T08:58:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T13:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=17051"},"modified":"2013-10-25T08:58:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T13:58:47","slug":"texas-application-for-oklahoma-water-still-active-despite-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/10\/25\/texas-application-for-oklahoma-water-still-active-despite-supreme-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas\u2019 Application for Oklahoma Water Still Active Despite Supreme Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court in June sided with Oklahoma, <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/06\/13\/supreme-court-sides-with-oklahoma-in-tarrant-v-herrman\/\">ruling<\/a> the interstate Red River water compact did not entitle Texas to water within Oklahoma\u2019s borders.<\/p><p>But the permit application the Tarrant Regional Water District from north Texas filed in 2007 filed in hopes of pumping water out of southeastern Oklahoma remains open and active, and state water authorities haven\u2019t acted on it, the <em>Journal Record<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/journalrecord.com\/2013\/10\/22\/tarrant-water-request-still-on-tap-capitol\/\">M. Scott Carter reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019re still trying to decide what to do with that,\u201d OWRB Executive Director J.D. Strong tells the paper.<\/p><\/blockquote><p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content alignright\">\n<h4 class=\"related-header\">Related<\/h4>\n<div class=\"links\">\n<h5>Posts<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/09\/20\/new-data-fresh-questions-did-texas-really-need-oklahomas-water\/\">New Data, Fresh Questions: Did Texas Really Need Oklahoma\u2019s Water?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2013\/07\/08\/state-and-tribes-still-wrestling-over-water-rights-in-oklahoma\/\">State and Tribes Still Wrestling Over Water Rights in Oklahoma<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"topics\">\n<h5>Topics<\/h5>\n<p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2013\/02\/waterTN1.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/topic\/tarrant-vs-herrmann\/\">Oklahoma&#8217;s Supreme Court Water Case: Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><p>The Texas water district spent more than $6 million in its legal fight with Oklahoma, which culminated with the Supreme Court case. And while the Texas water district\u2019s efforts were ultimately rejected by the high court, it\u2019s still eyeing Oklahoma water, the <em>Journal<\/em> reports. Dean Couch, the retired top attorney for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, says other obstacles stand between Texas and Oklahoma\u2019s water:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere is the question of is there surplus water available,\u201d he said. \u201cIn this case, there are some other issues that might need to be addressed. What about basic minimum flows? Is that available to be appropriated by anyone, let alone an out-of-state entity?\u201d<\/p><p>Couch said Texas\u2019 claims about growth and future water needs could also face scrutiny.<\/p><p>\u201cAll of those Texas Water Plan documents, let\u2019s just say there could be a lot of analysis,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court in June sided with Oklahoma, ruling the interstate Red River water compact did not entitle Texas to water within Oklahoma\u2019s borders.But the permit application the Tarrant Regional Water District from north Texas filed in 2007 filed in hopes of pumping water out of southeastern Oklahoma remains open and active, and state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[491],"tags":[444,507,427],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17051"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17058,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17051\/revisions\/17058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}