Never knew this ambitious of a plan was lurking so near the surface, not once, but apparently according to the article that I skimmed after a description on the radio not once, but twice!
https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/11/water-be-damned-dallas-wanted-to-become-a-port-city/
https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/11/water-be-damned-dallas-wanted-to-become-a-port-city/
