4 Key Points from TWDB Rule Proposal to Address Interregional Water Issues

Proposed rule changes will:

• expand the definition of interregional conflict to:
  • to include a situation where a recommended water management strategy is located in another region
  • And, that region has studied the impacts of the water management strategy on its economic, agricultural and natural resources. 
• will require the TWDB to review this information & decided whether there is a potential for a substantial adverse effect on the region.
• will require regional water planning groups to send a copy of their initially prepared plan (IPP) to other regions that contain a location or site of one of the recommended water management strategies ​​

• establishes a timeline for this review: conflicts will re resolved after Initially repared Planned are submitted to the Eexcutive Administrator in time for the resolution of the conflict to be incorporated into the revised and adopted regional water plans. 

  TWDB issue memo and proposal draft