NEWS
Lake Amon Carter fills to overflowing; heavy rain causes damage in town
Bowie Firefighters help push flood water our of the lobby of the North Central Texas College Bowie campus Thursday morning. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Spring rains can be a double-edged sword.
They filled Lake Amon Carter to capacity for the first time since July 2010, helping pull the area out of a multi-year drought.
But they also caused heavy flooding with massive damage that shut down the local college campus, and several streets and culverts collapsed due to rushing water.
Bowie residents were ecstatic Thursday morning to see Lake Amon Carter overflowing with water as the lake level topped 921.86 mean sea level on Thursday. Water could be seen rushing over the emergency spillway and through the tunnel connecting the two sides. The lake capacity is 920 msl and on Friday it surpassed that with a recording of 924.40 at 7 a.m. Read the full story on the rainfall and storm damage in the weekend News. Top photo: Water gushes out of the tunnel from the old side of Amon Carter Lake into the newer Bowie Reservoir side. (Photo by Jessica Crabtree)
This storm water culvert at Lamb and Nelson blew out washing away the dirt that surrounded it and causing the concrete above it to collapse. A similar problem occurred one block over forcing the closure of the intersection of Pillar and Rock after the Wednesday night rains. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Atmos Energy has E. Montague St. closed between Mason St. & Lindsey St. for gas line repair.
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A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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