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A Dallas-area company seeking to install 43 high-capacity water wells in East Texas is suing the local groundwater conservation district for holding up the process.

The proposed project — backed by Conservation Equity Management and its CEO Kyle Bass — drew the ire of East Texans this year, including a state lawmaker who tried to stop the project during a special session . Bass has argued that the company’s goal is to explore how much water is in the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer befor

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