Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality continues efforts begun by the state in the early twentieth century to regulate the environment with respect to air and water quality, waste management, and natural resource conservation, and to comply with federal environmental policies.

The Texas Board of Water Engineers was established in 1913 (Irrigation Act, House Bill 37, 33rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session) to approve plans for determining surface water rights. In 1917, the Texas Legislature authorized the creation of water districts to manage water resources and determine surface water rights (amendment to Article 16 of the Texas Constitution). In 1949 the State Board of Water Examiners was created to designate underground reservoirs which would be managed by underground water districts (House Bill 162, 51st Legislature, Regular Session).

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