11/03/2025
East Texas water runs deep - through its forests, farms, and small towns. Protecting it means investing in the systems that keep it here: repairing aging pipes, improving efficiency, and developing alternative supplies closer to where Texans live and work.
How will Prop 4 affect East Texas water? Here are answers to some of the top questions:
1. How will groundwater be impacted?
The intention behind Proposition 4 is to provide a funding tool to strengthen existing infrastructure needs (50%) and to develop new supplies (50%). Prop 4 prohibits the use of the New Water Supply Fund for the transfer of fresh groundwater.
2. Will Prop 4 prioritize or make certain projects more likely?
No, Prop 4 does not prioritize or assign funding to any specific projects, such as a particular reservoir or desalination plant. Current law reserves at least half of these funds for meeting the state's long-term water supply needs. However, for any particular project to receive dedicated funds, it must still go through the regular application processes already in place. Prop 4 funding would be subject to the legislative appropriations process, oversight from a committee focused on water infrastructure funding, and would be distributed through TWDB's existing programs and application processes.
For more facts and FAQs, visit texaswater.org/prop4
