The Upper Guadalupe River Authority or UGRA was created in 1939 by the

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as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Guadalupe River as a water resource in

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. The authority is chartered with the mandate "to control, develop, store, preserve and distribute" the water resources of the Upper Guadalupe River watershed.Upper Guadalupe River Authority from the Texas Handbook Online
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appointed to five-year terms by the

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.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

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es levied against residents of Kerr County. The authority operates a Regional Water Testing Laboratory and a county-wide

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alert system, but does not operate any

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