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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.
The Wichita River (/ ˈ w ɪ tʃ ɪ t ɔː / WITCH-i-taw), part of the Red River watershed, lies in north-central Texas.Rising in northeastern Knox County at the confluence of its North and South Forks, the river flows 90 miles (140 km) northeast across Baylor, Archer, Wichita, and Clay counties before joining the Red River just west of Byers Bend in northern Clay County.
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; Lower Colorado River Authority; Office of the Governor of Texas; Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas; Office of the Public Utility Counsel of Texas; Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney; Public Utility Commission of Texas; Railroad Commission of Texas; Red River Authority; Sabine River Authority ...
John "Cactus Jack" Garner (1868–1967), Vice President of the U.S. who served for eight years under President F. D. Roosevelt, was born in Red River County, in 1868. B.P. Newman (1927–2008), a Texas business entrepreneur, developer, and philanthropist based in Laredo, was born in Red River County.
The Red River Compact Commission has nine commissioners, two from each member state and one federal representative appointed by the President of the United States. Although the Red River Compact has provisions for how much water each state can use or store from the Red River Basin, the Commission is a means of working out issues and problems ...
The Red River is a major river in the Southern United States. [3] It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. [4] It also is known as the Red River of the South to distinguish it from the Red River of the North, which flows between Minnesota and North Dakota into the Canadian province of Manitoba.
As a stubborn heat wave depletes area lakes and forces residents into water usage restrictions, the Wichita Falls City Council must decide whether to sell a large volume of water to a new “green ...
Upper Guadalupe River Authority This page was last edited on 18 June 2014, at 20:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...