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A booming metroplex searches for water. Will state lawmakers deliver this session?

Lone Star Politics speaks with Jenna Covington, executive director of the North Texas Municipal Water District about the demand for new supplies of water. State Senator Kelly Hancock tells NBC 5 what state lawmakers are working on this year in Austin now that East Texas plans are in limbo. 

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