Palestine, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Lake Palestine=== [[Lake Palestine]] is a freshwater lake created in 1962 by the construction of the Blackburn Crossing [[dam]] on the Neches River. A 25,600-acre lake with a total length of 18 miles, 135 miles of shoreline and an average depth of 16.25 ft, it offers an array of freshwater fish species including [[bass (fish)|bass]], [[crappie]], and [[catfish]]. The Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority owns and operates Lake Palestine. The city of Palestine has a water contract for 25 million gallons of water per day. It is served by a channel dam, 13 miles of pipeline, and a [[water treatment]] plant which the city operates for water coming into the city.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unrmwa.org/aboutus/facts.html |title= Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority - About Us: Lake Palestine |access-date= 2 September 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160912012159/http://www.unrmwa.org/aboutus/facts.html |archive-date= 2016-09-12 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page