5 Recommendations of the House Natural Resources Committee Interim Report 2016

The House Committee Natural Resources Committee interim committee report makes these recommendations:

• Water Markets:
  • Regional planning groups should be encouraged to work together & across regions for new sources of water.
  • “Direct groundwater conservation districts to set and enforce easy to digest rules for water markets in their area.”
• Desalination
  • TWDB should continue to review the feasibility of seawater desalination 
• Regional Water Planning
  • Noting the complexity of the situation, the committee recommends that regions be required “to more thoroughly assess & address particular types of strategies or planning approaches. “
• Aquifer Storage
  • “Texas should promote more aquifer storage and recovery projects throughout the state to prevent freshwater loss. “

House Committee on Natural Resources December 2016