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What makes you think Texas doesn't have rivers and reserviors?

There are 3,700 named streams and 14 major rivers that meander through 191,000 miles (mi)
of Texas landscape. These important aquatic ecosystems play a major role in protecting water
quality, preventing erosion, and providing nutrients and habitat for fish and wildlife.
Along the way, water that eventually flows into seven major estuaries supports over 212 reservoirs,
countless riparian habitats, wetlands, and terrestrial areas. Each year Texas rivers and
streams provide recreational opportunities to millions of Texans and visitors from all
around the world.

The 14 major Texas rivers are the: Canadian, Red, Brazos, Sulphur, Trinity, Sabine, Neches,
San Jacinto, Guadalupe, Lavaca, San Antonio, Colorado, Nueces, and the Rio Grande. These
major rivers form a series of 13 major river basins, which consist of the Brazos, Canadian,
Colorado, Guadalupe, Lavaca, Neches, Nueces, Red, Rio Grande, Sabine, and Trinity river basins.

Most of those rivers are experiences drought conditions. Southeast Texas (Beaumont/Liberty) does get some good rains. But Houston area (about 10 million needs that).

San Antonio/Austin are major population centers that are also quite thirsty.

If these rivers/streams get rains, that is fine. But most them just dump the water into the Gulf of Mexico.

There would be a case to capture as much Texas water as possible.

But with Louisiana, the Mississippi can be tapped, as well as other areas.

Parts of South Louisiana normally get 40 to 60 inches of rain a year.

South Texas gets considerably less.