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The Angelina & Neches River Authority was created by Article 16, Section 59 of the state constitution of Texas. Its purpose is water quality management and development and conservation of water resources in part of the Neches River watershed and it oversees several environmental programs in the middle and upper reaches of the watershed.
LCRA's water and community services operations have grown through the years. LCRA began programs in the 1970s and 1980s to control water pollution and monitor water quality. It expanded its parks operations beginning in the 1990s to increase public access to the Highland Lakes and lower Colorado River.
The center is used by Texas State University, and its multidisciplinary departments are involved with water resource management studies and research. The Meadows Center at Spring Lake Hall houses the Texas Stream Team, a volunteer program that monitors the water quality of freshwater systems throughout the state.
Texas' water infrastructure, such as dams, pipelines, and reservoirs, is aging and often not equipped to handle modern water management challenges. Leakage and inefficiencies exacerbate the problem.
The lake runs through classic East Texas Piney Woods forests. Water quality is generally good, with an average depth of 20.5 feet (6.2 m), and a maximum depth of 75 feet (23 m). The controlling authority of the lake is the San Jacinto River Authority. The City of Houston owns a two-thirds interest in the lake; the SJRA owns one-third.
Abbott instructed TCEQ to accept the water after the International Boundary and Water Commission announced U.S. and Mexican authorities signed an agreement on Nov. 7 to ensure Mexico made regular ...
This water is pumped from Richland-Chambers via a 90-inch (2,300 mm) pipeline to balancing reservoirs and on to Lake Benbrook for storage before moving to the water treatment plants or Eagle Mountain Lake. [6] [7] The City of Corsicana holds the rights to 32,807 acre⋅ft (0.040467 km 3) of water each year with the option to purchase more. This ...
Lake Tyler (West) is a man-made public water reservoir located south-east of Tyler, Texas, in eastern Smith County. While named after the town of Tyler (pop. 104,789), Lake Tyler is closer to the smaller cities of Whitehouse (pop. 7660) and Arp (pop. 970).