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STREAMS FLOW & NEW TREES ARE PLANTED

Stream and other restoration projects part of Lake Ralph Hall are largely finished.

A LAKE FLOWING WITH OPPORTUNITY

Lake Ralph Hall will provide water for North Texas and offer a host of economic and recreational benefits.

VISIT THE LADONIA FOSSIL PARK

Our region holds a wide variety of fossils and artifacts. Get digging at the fossil park east of FM 2990.

Lake Ralph Hall – Water for the People

Lake Ralph Hall will be one of Texas’ newest lakes and is under construction on the North Sulphur River in Southeast Fannin County. Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) is building the lake to provide crucial water for an area whose population is projected to increase nearly five-fold in the next 50 years. Once finished, Lake Ralph Hall will also provide a host of recreational opportunities and environmental benefits. Construction began in June 2021, with plans to deliver water by 2026.

Click the icons in the graphic below for more details on each part of the lake project:

Upper Trinity Regional Water District has collaborated with the Town of Ladonia, Fannin County, and local business leaders and citizens to develop a comprehensive plan that will serve as the blueprint for future development around Lake Ralph Hall. The plan and subsequent zoning will ensure local community benefits while also protecting the lake’s water quality.

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Team members pose before the last piece of pipe for the Lake Ralph Hall pipeline
Recent News StoryFebruary 7, 2025

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, a crowd gathered for a ceremonial signing of the final section to be installed on a 32-mile pipeline that will transport up to 54 million gallons of water per day from Lake Ralph Hall to the communities Upper Trinity serves in Denton and Collin counties.

The first scoop of dirt was dumped in a truck following the Upper Trinity Regional Water District groundbreaking ceremony for Lake Ralph Hall and Leon Hurse Dam near Ladonia, Texas, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The lake will provide 54 million gallons of water per day for some 29 communities in Denton and Collin counties. The $490 million project should begin delivering water by 2025. The lake is named after Hall who was a United States Representative for Texas's 4th congressional district. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
Recent News StoryFebruary 7, 2025

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recently approved more than $30.9 million in local park grants. The record-breaking funding will be used to help create and enhance outdoor recreational opportunities, according to a department news release… Lake Ralph Hall in Ladonia: The Upper Trinity Regional Water District in Fannin County received $750,000 for phase one of […]

Lake Ralph Hall stream mitigation, showing the restored curves of the river, supported on its bends to prevent wash-out.
Recent News StoryFebruary 7, 2025

Upper Trinity’s contractors are finishing up construction on five new streams near future Lake Ralph Hall, which will flow into the North Sulphur River. The newly connected tributary streams are naturally beginning to flow with rainwater this fall, bringing life back to areas impacted for decades by severe erosion and loss of habitat.

Lake Ralph Hall graphic showing the new coffer dam put in place across the North Sulphur River and the diversion of water from the North Sulphur River channel up over the future dam and spillway.
Recent News StoryFebruary 7, 2025

Construction crews began redirecting water from the North Sulphur River channel on October 28 and moving it for the first time through the Leon Hurse Dam spillway. The process began in late October when workers started building a temporary coffer dam just south of the spillway, which is also still under construction. The smaller dam […]

To get to the temporary Ladonia Fossil Park, take the detour north on SH 34 from Ladonia. Turn left onto FM 1550 and then south onto FM 2990. The part will be on your left before you reach the river.
Recent News StoryAugust 6, 2024

Fannin County, Texas — Upper Trinity Regional Water District, in coordination with Texas Department of Transportation – Paris District, recently closed the FM 2990 bridge over the North Sulphur River to traffic. The closure on July 8 was a necessary part of construction for Lake Ralph Hall. The roadway on either side of the bridge […]

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