Lege TREND. Speed Read Water Regulation Recommendations. Texas Legislature Interim Reports.

Senate Committee on Agrilcuture Water & Rural Affairs recommends:

  • surface water permits: monitor for time, accurancy and transparency 
  • align Groundwater District processes among districts to create similar pcrocesses across districts
    • Kolkhorst letter raises concerns of unique districts

Natural Resources recommends:

  • Privately-funded pilot for water conservation awareness. “funding for the campaign’s development and execution is most appropriate from private sources at this time”

  • Preserve the expedited decertification process of SB 573.
  • State Funding for Water Availability Models
  • Require the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee to develop well-plugging program  (water wells) through TDLR
  • Rio Grande Water Repayment pass a “resolution calling on the federal government to amend the 1944 Treaty to require Mexico to commit to a firm water delivery schedule going forward”