Water Resources Committee meeting files 1954, 1956-1957

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Water Resources Committee meeting files 1954, 1956-1957

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The Texas Water Resources Committee, a joint committee of the Texas Legislature, worked inthe 1950s to develop a long-range water policy and conservation program for the state in response to the emergency caused by recurrent drought which had depleted surface and ground water reserves in Texas. Records of thecommittee consist of meeting transcripts, 1954, 1956-1957, and a statement by High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No.1, submitted at a meeting held January 9, 1956. The 1954 meeting heard witness testimony from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Texas State Board ofWater Engineers, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Subsequent meetings included witnesses from industry, municipalities, soil and water conservation entities, and meteorological, agricultural, and water recreation groups. The official records of the committee,which were transferred to the Texas State Board of Water Engineers, later renamedthe Texas Water Commission, are not among that commission's records held at the State Archives.

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