Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 298 - ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER
Subchapter G - BRAZOS RIVER AND ITS ASSOCIATED BAY AND ESTUARY SYSTEM
Section 298.460 - Findings
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) The Brazos River and its associated tributaries and bay and estuary system and the San Bernard River and its associated tributaries are healthy and sound ecological environments.
(b) The commission finds that these sound ecological environments can best be maintained by a set of flow standards that implement a schedule of flow quantities that contain subsistence flow, base flow, and high flow pulses at defined measurement points. Minimum flow levels for these components will vary by season and by year since the amount of precipitation and, therefore, whether a system is in dry, average, or wet base flow conditions, will vary from year to year and within a year from season to season, and the number of pulses protected will also vary with the amount of precipitation and hydrologic conditions.
