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5 Document(s) [ Subject: Dams and levees ]

Committee:	Senate Water and Rural Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Dams and levees \| Emergency management \| Groundwater \| Hemp \| Infrastructure \| Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) \| Public demonstrations \| River authorities \| Water and wastewater utility rates and charges \| Water planning \| Water supplies \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.86 W291R
Session:	86th R.S. (2019)
Online version:	View report [71 pages File size: 254 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Future Water Supply: Examine current laws, processes, and water storage options and availability. Make recommendations promoting the state's water supply, storage, availability, valuation, movement, and development of new sources.
2.	River Authority Infrastructure: Examine the roles and responsibilities of river authorities in maintaining their managed assets including, but not limited to, dams. Evaluate the impact on the economy, water supply, and flood control due to deferred maintenance. Make recommendations to promote infrastructure stability and maintain the usability of these bodies of water.
3.	Groundwater Regulatory Framework: Study the state's groundwater regulatory framework and make recommendations to improve groundwater regulation, management, and permitting.
4.	Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committees on Natural Resources and Economic Development and Water and Rural Affairs passed by the 86th Legislature, as well as relevant agencies and programs under each committee's jurisdiction. Specifically, make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, or complete implementation of the following: SB 6, SB 7, SB 8, and SB 500, relating to disaster response and recovery, disaster funds, state-wide flood planning, and dam maintenance; SB 698, related to expedited permitting; SB 700, relating to water utility ratemaking reform; SB 2272, relating to certain amendment and revocation procedures; HB 1325, relating to the production and regulation of hemp; and HB 3557, relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility.
Committee:	Senate Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs
Title:	Interim Report - Hurricane Harvey
Subjects:	Addicks Reservoir \| Barker Reservoir \| Dams and levees \| Emergency communications \| Emergency management \| Flood control \| Flooding \| Rain and rainfall \| Reservoirs \| Texas State Water Plan \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.85 Ag86r
Session:	85th R.S. (2017)
Online version:	View report [140 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study and make recommendations on how to move forward with water infrastructure projects in the State Water Plan that will help mitigate floods through flood control, diversion, and storage projects. Evaluate plans for a possible third reservoir in addition to Addicks and Barker to control and alleviate additional flooding in the region. Additionally, review the current status of reservoir projects in Texas. Examine opportunities for coordination between federal and state agencies to develop flood mitigation infrastructure, and the ongoing maintenance and restoration of critical dam infrastructure.
2.	Study and identify ways to improve the capacity and maintain the structure of the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs. Report on mechanisms that would ensure the public has access to timely and transparent release figures from reservoirs across the state.
3.	Evaluate current state data-sharing standards for rainfall and stream gauges and whether regional flood management projects and flood warnings should be hosted in a centralized location, such as a state agency web page. Determine whether a statewide real-time flood warning system could be developed and coordinated through mobile devices, TxDOT electronic signage, communication devices and whether existing local and regional forecasting infrastructure could be integrated into a centralized inclement weather forecasting system.
Committee:	Senate Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Addicks Reservoir \| Agriculture \| Barker Reservoir \| Dams and levees \| Emergency communications \| Emergency management \| Environmental permits \| Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on \| Flood control \| Flooding \| Groundwater \| Groundwater conservation districts \| Occupational licenses \| Rain and rainfall \| Reservoirs \| River authorities \| Texas State Water Plan \| Water rights \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.85 Ag86r
Session:	85th R.S. (2017)
Online version:	View report [36 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study and make recommendations on how to move forward with water infrastructure projects in the State Water Plan that will help mitigate floods through flood control, diversion, and storage projects. Evaluate plans for a possible third reservoir in addition to Addicks and Barker to control and alleviate additional flooding in the region. Additionally, review the current status of reservoir projects in Texas. Examine opportunities for coordination between federal and state agencies to develop flood mitigation infrastructure, and the ongoing maintenance and restoration of critical dam infrastructure.
2.	Study and identify ways to improve the capacity and maintain the structure of the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs. Report on mechanisms that would ensure the public has access to timely and transparent release figures from reservoirs across the state.
3.	Evaluate current state data-sharing standards for rainfall and stream gauges and whether regional flood management projects and flood warnings should be hosted in a centralized location, such as a state agency web page. Determine whether a statewide real-time flood warning system could be developed and coordinated through mobile devices, TxDOT electronic signage, communication devices and whether existing local and regional forecasting infrastructure could be integrated into a centralized inclement weather forecasting system.
4.	Streamlining Water Permitting: Study and recommend changes that promote streamlining of water right permit issuance and the amendment process by the TCEQ for surface water, and that promote uniform and streamline permitting by groundwater conservation districts for groundwater. Evaluate more transparent process needs and proper valuation of water.
5.	Regulatory Framework of Groundwater Conservation Districts and River Authorities: Study and make recommendations on the regulatory framework for managing groundwater in Texas to ensure that private property rights are being sufficiently protected. Study the role of river authorities and groundwater conservation districts including the state's oversight role of their operations and fees imposed.
6.	Agricultural Fees: Review licensing, permitting, or registration requirements and fees imposed on the agriculture industry by licensing agencies within the committee's jurisdiction. Make recommendations for state licenses and fees that should be reduced, repealed or transitioned to private-sector enforcement.
7.	Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs during the 85th R.S., including, but not limited to: • SB 1511 (prioritization in the regional water plan); • SB 1538 (Floodplain Management Account uses); • SB 864 (GCD application of state water); • HB 2004 (Texas economic development fund for TDA); and • HB 3433 (adoption of rules affecting rural communities. Make recommendations for any legislative improvements needed to improve, enhance, or complete implementation including regional water planning, flood planning, and groundwater production.)
Committee:	Senate Natural Resources
Title:	Interim Report - Dam Safety
Subjects:	Dams and levees \| Flood plains \| Flooding \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.80 N219d
Session:	80th R.S. (2007)
Online version:	View report [134 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the safety of major dams, levees, and other flood control structures across Texas, and determine the appropriate responsible agency [Texas Commissioner on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) or the Governor's Office of Homeland Security] and the level of authority and funding needed to inventory, assess, repair or replace those with impairments. Develop liability and control standards for flood control structures and make recommendations to properly and safely manage these assets in the future.
Committee:	House Natural Resources
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Natural Resources, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Concentrated animal feeding operations \| Dams and levees \| Groundwater \| Groundwater conservation districts \| Legislative process \| Surface water pollution \| Wastewater management \| Water districts \| Water quality management \| Weather modification \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 n218h
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [75 pages File size: 3,487 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
2.	Study issues related to dam safety, including the condition of dams and the legal authority and financing necessary to make needed repairs.
3.	Monitor the implementation of HB 1542, 75th R.S., including the use and effectiveness of wastewater facility general permits and the potential for expanding the types and number of facilities that could be regulated by such permits.
4.	Evaluate the benefits of the House Rules requirement that a committee chair send certain bills and joint resolutions creating water districts to the Legislative Budget Board for a water development policy statement.
5.	Review the continued need for exemptions and exceptions to permitting found in Section 36.117, Texas Water code, and potential impacts on groundwater supplies and groundwater conservation districts.
6.	Study the success of rainfall enhancement programs in Texas and evaluate the role of the state's participation in such weather modification efforts.

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