Records, 1941-1942, 1956-1971, 1977-1981

Texas Water Commission

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The 33rd Legislature (House Bill 37) created the State Board of Water Engineers in 1913, primarily to conserve state waters for the public welfare. The name of the Board was changed in 1962 to the Texas Water Commission (House Bill 12, 57th Legislature, 3rd Called Session). Meanwhile, the Texas Water Development Board was created in 1957 by a constitutional amendment initiated by the 55th Legislature, Regular Session (House Joint Resolution 3), to administer state and fe...

Texas Board of Water Engineers

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Texas Water Development Board

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The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) was created in 1957 by a constitutional amendment initiated by the 55th Texas Legislature, Regular Session (House Joint Resolution 3), following a prolonged drought in Texas during the 1950s. It was formed to administer the Texas Water Development Fund, providing financial assistance to certain political subdivisions of the state in the conservation and development of Texas' water resources. In 1965, the 59th Legislature, Regular ...

Texas. Dept. of Water Resources.

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The problem of a decreasing water supply from the Ogallala Aquifer for irrigation on the High Plains was addressed by the U.S. Congress in Section 193, Public Law 94-587 in 1976. In order to promote the economic vitality of the High Plains Region, Congress directed the Secretary of Commerce to study the depletion of the natural resources of those regions...presently utilizing the declining water resources of the Ogallala aquifer, and to develop plans, to increase water supplies in t...