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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.
Drainage law is a specific area of water law related to drainage of surface water on real property. It is particularly important in areas where freshwater is scarce, flooding is common, or water is in high demand for agricultural or commercial purposes.
Texas has a water problem.. Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told WFAA on "Inside Texas Politics" that the state is running out of water and lawmakers need to react soon ...
Texas has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in polluted waterways. A new report draws upon self disclosed data by industrial facilities provided to the EPA. The study counted 17 ...
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over 191,000 mi (307,000 km) of waterways.
In Texas, there are 98 of these districts, covering nearly 70% of the state, according to the Texas Water Development Board. The Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District has the following ...
Map of the major and minor estuaries of the Gulf Coast of Texas. The U.S. state of Texas has a series of estuaries along its coast on the Gulf of Mexico, most of them bounded by the Texas barrier islands. Estuaries are coastal bodies of water in which freshwater from rivers mixes with saltwater from the sea.
Lake Bridgeport, also known as Bridgeport Lake, is a man-made, freshwater reservoir located in Wise and Jack Counties in North Texas.The lake was created by damming the West Fork of the Trinity River and sits upstream from Eagle Mountain Lake.