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List Of Texas River Authorities
River authorities in the U.S. state of Texas are public agencies established by the state legislature and given authority to develop and manage the waters of the state. These authorities are given powers to conserve, store, control, preserve, utilize, and distribute the waters of a designated geographic region for the benefit of the public.Introduction Lower Neches Valley Authority website The 24 Texas river authorities include the following: * Angelina & Neches River Authority * |
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palo Duro River Authority
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River Authorities Of Texas
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Guadalupe River Authority
The Upper Guadalupe River Authority or UGRA was created in 1939 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Guadalupe River as a water resource in Kerr County, Texas. The authority is chartered with the mandate "to control, develop, store, preserve and distribute" the water resources of the Upper Guadalupe River watershed. The organization is managed by a nine-person Board of Directors appointed to five-year terms by the Governor of Texas.Upper Guadalupe River Authority (2009)"Board of Directors" Accessed August 5, 2009. The UGRA is a taxing authority, and derives a portion of its funding from property taxes levied against residents of Kerr County. The authority operates a Regional Water Testing Laboratory and a county-wide flood alert system, but does not operate any dams. See also * Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority * List of Texas river authorities River authorities in the U.S. state of Texas are public agencies established by the state legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Colorado River Authority
The Upper Colorado River Authority or UCRA was created in 1935 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Colorado River as a water resource in Tom Green County and Coke County, Texas. The authority has since been extended to include Schleicher County and Concho County. The organization is managed by a nine-person Board of Directors appointed to six-year terms by the Governor of Texas.Upper Colorado River Authority (2009)"About Us" Accessed August 4, 2009. The UCRA has served as a lending institution, offering loans to municipalities in its served district for water management projects. The authority also participates in the Clean Rivers Program, and other environmental programs of the state of Texas. In 2008, the UCRA began construction in San Angelo of the Concho River Basin Education and Research Center, which offers educational programs to schoolchildren about water use and conservation.Upper Colorado River Authority (2009)"Concho River Basin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity River Authority
The Trinity River Authority (TRA) was formed in 1955 by the Texas legislature. Its main concerns are water supply and water conservation in the Trinity River Basin. The authority extends over , including all or part of 17 counties.Trinity River Authority (2009)"The Trinity River Authority of Texas" Accessed January 23, 2009. The general offices of the authority are located in Arlington, Texas. Dams and reservoirs Since 1911, 31 major reservoirs have been constructed in the drainage basin of the Trinity River, 29 of which fall under the jurisdiction of the Trinity River Authority. * Lake Anahuac * Lake Arlington * Lake Amon G. Carter * Lake Bardwell * Benbrook Lake * Lake Bridgeport * Cedar Creek Reservoir * Fairfield Lake * Grapevine Lake * Lake Halbert * Houston County Lake * Lake Ray Hubbard * Lake Lavon * Lewisville Lake * Lost Creek Reservoir * Lake Livingston * Eagle Mountain Lake * Joe Pool Lake * Mountain Creek Lake * Navarro Mills Lake * North Lake * Richland-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulphur River Basin Authority
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San Jacinto River Authority
The San Jacinto River Authority manages the San Jacinto River (Texas), San Jacinto River and its contributing watershed, which is located in Southeast Texas. The Texas Legislature established the authority in 1937 as the San Jacinto River Conservation and Reclamation District. In 1951, the legislature gave the SJRA its current name. The authority has managed the Lake Conroe reservoir since its impoundment in 1973. As part of a plan to reduce groundwater usage, the San Jacinto River Authority pumps surface water from Lake Conroe for use by cities and other entities in Montgomery County, Texas, Montgomery County. The SJRA charges the cities usage fees to cover the cost of pumping and treating the water. In 2016, the SJRA filed a lawsuit against Conroe, Texas, Conroe and Magnolia, Texas, Magnolia because the cities refused to pay increased water fees resulting from the groundwater reduction plan. The lawsuit was dismissed in June 2020. References External links Official website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio River Authority
In 1917, the voters of Texas, recognizing the necessity of developing and conserving the State's water resources and inspired by devastating floods of 1913 and 1914, passed a Constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to create special purpose political subdivisions of the State to serve regional areas, generally coincidental with river basins and to be generally known as river authorities. The San Antonio River Authority (SARA), created in 1937, is one of many such active river authorities in the State of Texas. Its jurisdiction covers 3,658 square miles—all of Bexar, Wilson, Karnes and Goliad Counties. A 12-member Board of Directors governs SARA. Six directors are elected from Bexar County and two are elected from each of the three other counties with each elected member serving six years. Policies established by the Board are executed by the management organization under the direction of a General Manager appointed by the Board. SARA has the statutory authority to imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine River Authority
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Red River Authority
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Nueces River Authority
The Nueces River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about long. It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande. ''Nueces'' is Spanish for nuts; early settlers named the river after the numerous pecan trees along its banks. Location and flow The Nueces rises northwest of San Antonio in the Edwards Plateau, in Real County, roughly 50 mi (80 km) north of Uvalde. It flows south through the Texas Hill Country, past Barksdale and Crystal City, approaching to within 35 mi (56 km) of the Rio Grande on the border with Mexico. East of Carrizo Springs, it turns to the east, flowing through the scrub plains of South Texas, across rural Dimmit, La Salle, and McMullen Counties. In central Live Oak County, it is joined from the northwest at Three Rivers by the Atascosa River and Frio River, then flows southeast along the coastal plain past Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
