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TxGIO was established by the Texas Legislature in 1968 as the Texas Water-Oriented Data Bank. In 1972, after four years of growth and diversification, it was renamed the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS). In 2023, the 88th Texas Legislature officially renamed TNRIS to the Texas Geographic Information Office. [2]
In 2023, Texas lawmakers attempted to address the growing problem by passing House Bill 4256, which created the Leaking Water Wells Grant Program under the Texas Commission on Environmental ...
During the 1990s, the Texas Legislature moved to make natural-resource protection more efficient by consolidating programs. In 1991, it combined the Texas Water Commission and the Texas Air Control Board to create the first version of the TCEQ, known as the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission until fall 1993. [3]
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Texas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
A non-exempt well is a well capable of producing more than 17.36 gallons per minute, and must submit semi-annual water well production reports to the District at a rate of $0.155 per 1,000 gallons.
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 ...
The database records the name, sex, date and place of birth, nationality, alias, address, nature of the offense, date and place where the offense was committed, nature and date of the decision, and penalties or measures imposed. In October 2008 the database contained records for some 43,408 people. [29]
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 ...