Papers, 1956-1983.

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Papers, 1956-1983.

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Includes correspondence, reports, charts, graphs, financial material, maps, photographs, patents, legal documents, scrapbook material, newsclippings, handbooks, newsletters, and other printed items, all relating to Shurbert's association with the Texas Water Development Board.

2, 654 leaves.

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Shurbet, Marvin.

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Associated with the Texas Water Development Board. In 1963, Plaintiff for the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 to determine the legality of a depletion allowance on his tax return for irrigation water. Landmark case against the U.S. government established a redefinition of water as a natural resource. Brought about the need for better conservation measures for the Ogallala Aquifer. From the description of Papers, 1956-1983. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat r...

Shurbert, Marvin.

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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 ...