Sec. 16.022. WATER CONSERVATION STUDY. (a) The board and the State Soil and Water Conservation Board shall jointly conduct a study of the ways to improve or expand water conservation efforts and report to the legislature.
(b) The report must include:
(1) an assessment of both agricultural and municipal water conservation issues;
(2) information on existing conservation efforts by the board and the State Soil and Water Conservation Board;
(3) information on existing conservation efforts by municipalities receiving funding from the board, as specified in water conservation plans submitted by the municipalities as part of their applications for assistance;
(4) a discussion of future conservation needs;
(5) an analysis of programmatic approaches and funding for additional conservation efforts;
(6) an assessment of existing statutory authority and whether changes are needed to more effectively promote and fund conservation projects; and
(7) an assessment of the board's agricultural water conservation program.
(c) The report shall be issued as part of, or as a supplement to, the state water plan.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1234, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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