KWES NewsWest 9 / Midland, Odessa, Big Spring, TX: newswest9.com | City of Snyder Running Out of Water, New Water Source On the Way

"Without any additional inflow, we will be out of water here at Lake Thomas by June of this year," Colorado River Municipal Water District, Operations Manager, Cole Walker.

CRMWD needed to find a back-up plan for the city.

"It's been necessary for us to develop additional back-up sources of supply for the city of Snyder. We considered several options and decided that the best option would be to tie into sources of supply that the district already has," Walker said.

Now Snyder will be getting help with a multimillion dollar pipeline project that will pump water from the old Big Spring and Odessa pipeline.

"By constructing a four and half mile long pipeline across the lake basin and connecting our Big Spring-Odessa intake to our Snyder intake, we will be able to bring back water from any of our other lakes (Lake E.V. Spence, Lake Ivie) or either of our Ward County well fields," Walker said.

Snyder city officials say they are relieved that CRMWD was able to find a solution to their water problem.

"We're pleased that they're continuing to take proactive measures to ensure the water district and the customers with water supply," Walker said.

The finishing date for this project was set for the end of March. However, everything is moving along quickly and officials believe they could be done by the end of February.