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Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 30. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
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PART 1. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
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CHAPTER 297. WATER RIGHTS, SUBSTANTIVE |
| SUBCHAPTER A. DEFINITIONS AND APPLICABILITY |
| § 297.1. Definitions |
| § 297.2. Water-in-Transit in the Rio Grande |
| SUBCHAPTER B. CLASSES OF WATER RIGHTS |
| § 297.11. General Authorization to Divert, Store or Use State Water,Texas Water Code, §11.121 |
| § 297.12. Seasonal Permit under the Texas Water Code, §11.137 |
| § 297.13. Temporary Permit under the Texas Water Code, §11.138 |
| § 297.14. Contractual Permit |
| § 297.15. Permit For Use of Water from Exempt Dam or Reservoir for Nonexempt Purposes, Texas Water Code, §11.143 |
| § 297.16. Conveyance of Water Down Bed and Banks |
| § 297.17. Emergency Authorization (Texas Water Code, §11.139) |
| § 297.18. Interbasin Transfers, Texas Water Code, §11.085 |
| § 297.19. Term Permit under Texas Water Code, §11.1381 |
| SUBCHAPTER C. USE EXEMPT FROM PERMITTING |
| § 297.21. Domestic and Livestock and Wildlife Permit Exemptions |
| § 297.22. Storage in Another's Reservoir |
| § 297.23. Spreader Dams, Contouring, Terracing |
| § 297.24. Permit Exemption for Mariculture Activities |
| § 297.25. Permit Exemption for Drilling and Producing of Petroleum |
| § 297.26. Permit Exemption to Use State Water for Fire and Emergency Use |
| § 297.27. Permit Exemptions for Use of State Water for Irrigation of Certain Historic Cemeteries and for Sedimentation Control Structures within Surface Coal Mining Operations |
| SUBCHAPTER D. DIVERSION FROM UNSPONSORED OR STORAGE-LIMITED RESERVOIRS |
| § 297.31. Use Other Than Domestic or Livestock |
| § 297.32. Domestic or Livestock Use |
| SUBCHAPTER E. ISSUANCE AND CONDITIONS OF WATER RIGHTS |
| § 297.41. General Approval Criteria |
| § 297.42. Water Availability |
| § 297.43. Beneficial Uses |
| § 297.44. Subject to Prior and Superior Water Rights |
| § 297.45. "No Injury" Rule |
| § 297.46. Consideration of Public Welfare |
| § 297.47. Impacts on Groundwater |
| § 297.48. Waste Prevention |
| § 297.49. Return and Surplus Waters |
| § 297.50. Consideration of Water Conservation Plans |
| § 297.51. Time Limitations for Commencement or Completion of Construction |
| § 297.52. Suppliers of Water for Agriculture |
| § 297.53. Habitat Mitigation |
| § 297.54. Water Quality Effects |
| § 297.55. Estuarine Considerations |
| § 297.56. Instream Uses |
| § 297.57. Emergency Suspension of Permit Conditions |
| § 297.58. Accounting Water Use |
| § 297.59. Additional Limitations |
| SUBCHAPTER F. AMENDMENTS TO WATER RIGHTS; CORRECTIONS TO WATER RIGHTS |
| § 297.61. Amendments by Executive Director |
| SUBCHAPTER G. CANCELLATION, REVOCATION, ABANDONMENT, AND FORFEITURE OF WATER RIGHTS |
| § 297.71. Cancellation in Whole or in Part |
| § 297.72. Notice and Hearing |
| § 297.73. Commission Finding; Action |
| § 297.74. Forfeiture and Revocation of Water Right |
| § 297.75. Abandonment of Water Right |
| SUBCHAPTER H. CONVEYANCES OF LAND AND WATER RIGHTS |
| § 297.81. General Rules of Conveyance |
| § 297.82. Duty To Inform Executive Director |
| § 297.83. Recording Conveyances of Water Rights |
| SUBCHAPTER I. CONVEYING STORED WATER |
| § 297.91. Use of Bed and Banks |
| § 297.92. Authorization |
| § 297.93. Duties of Water Conveyor |
| § 297.94. Duties of Others Along the Stream |
| SUBCHAPTER J. WATER SUPPLY CONTRACTS AND AMENDMENTS |
| § 297.101. General; Exceptions |
| § 297.102. When Application Required |
| § 297.103. Special Requirements for Downstream Sales of Water from a Storage Reservoir |
| § 297.104. Special Requirements for Upstream Sales of Water from Storage |
| § 297.105. Effective Date of Water Supply Contract Rules |
| § 297.106. Perfection and Priority of Water Right |
| § 297.107. Reports |
| § 297.108. Effect on Existing Contractual Permits |
| SUBCHAPTER K. DESALINATION, SUBSTANTIVE |
| § 297.200. Applicability |
| § 297.201. Definitions |
| § 297.202. Approval Criteria for Diversion of Marine Seawater and Seawater |
| § 297.203. Water Availability |
| § 297.204. Applicability of Environmental Flow Standards |
| § 297.205. Determination of Total Dissolved Solids Concentration |
| § 297.206. Treatment of Diverted Marine Seawater and Seawater |
| § 297.207. Diversion of Marine Seawater and Seawater |
| § 297.208. Consideration of Water Conservation |
| § 297.209. Impingement and Entrainment |
| § 297.210. Approval Criteria for an Application to Convey Treated Marine Seawater in the Bed and Banks |