Resolution
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Passed
Resolution supporting multi-county Groundwater Conservation District
Bowie County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a resolution supporting the formation of a multiple-county regional groundwater conservation district with authority over wells, amid rising resident concern about groundwater use by proposed local data center projects.
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Jul 13, 2026
Vote — passed
— Bowie County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a resolution supporting the formation of a multiple-county regional groundwater conservation district with authority over wells, amid rising resident concern about groundwater use by proposed local data center projects.
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Resolution
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Passed
Additional groundwater-protection measure amid data center concerns
Two weeks after backing a regional groundwater district, the Bowie County Commissioners Court took further, unspecified action to protect groundwater as residents continued to raise concerns at the meeting about local data center construction and its potential water impact.
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Jul 27, 2026
Vote — passed
— Two weeks after backing a regional groundwater district, the Bowie County Commissioners Court took further, unspecified action to protect groundwater as residents continued to raise concerns at the meeting about local data center construction and its potential water impact.
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Proposed moratorium
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Under review
Consultant urges Bowie County to consider a temporary data center moratorium
At the August 10 meeting, consultant Nancy White urged Bowie County Commissioners to consider a temporary pause on large-scale data center/battery-storage projects (citing a similar Austin County action and Van Zandt County's moratorium) while the county gathers information on power, water and safety impacts; commissioners took no formal action on the request.
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Aug 10, 2026
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— At the August 10 meeting, consultant Nancy White urged Bowie County Commissioners to consider a temporary pause on large-scale data center/battery-storage projects (citing a similar Austin County action and Van Zandt County's moratorium) while the county gathers information on power, water and safety impacts; commissioners took no formal action on the request.
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