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While other phases of the TPWD's new John D. Parker East Fish Hatchery remain under way, the construction of a complex water drainage system or 45 acres of production ponds is currently at a standstill. TPWD officials say at least two joints of drainage pipe have collapsed underground, which could mean that up to 11,000 feet of pipe will have to be removed and replaced.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's hatchery and inland fisheries divisions are dealing with some big-league construction woes these days, following the discovery of at least two joints of large diameter drainage pipe that have collapsed underground at the new John D. Parker East Texas Fish Hatchery.
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