Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 294 - PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS
Subchapter E - DESIGNATION OF PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS
Section 294.40 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Affected person--A landowner, water well owner, or other user of groundwater in the proposed priority groundwater management area (PGMA), a groundwater conservation district adjacent to the proposed PGMA, a regional water planning group with a water management strategy in the proposed PGMA, or a person who has groundwater rights in the proposed PGMA.
(2) Executive administrator--The executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.
(3) Priority groundwater management area (PGMA)--An area designated and delineated by the commission that is experiencing or is expected to experience, within the immediately following 50-year period, critical groundwater problems including shortages of surface water or groundwater, land subsidence resulting from groundwater withdrawal, or contamination of groundwater supplies.
(4) Texas Water Development Board (TWDB)--The agency responsible for water planning and administration of financial programs for the planning, design, and construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control, and agricultural water conservation projects.
