Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 303 - OPERATION OF THE RIO GRANDE
Subchapter C - ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATERS
Section 303.21 - Amistad/Falcon Reservoirs Accounts
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) For the purpose of establishing accounts in Amistad and Falcon Reservoirs, the two reservoirs are considered to constitute a single storage system. Accounts in the Lower and Middle Rio Grande are based upon a water right's annual authorization in acre-feet. Water rights for irrigation and mining purposes are considered as having irrigation priority rights and therefore are included in the irrigation accounting system.
(b) When there is adequate water to do so, the watermaster shall maintain the following accounts:
(c) The operating reserve is necessary to cover losses of water charged to the United States. These losses are the result of seepage, evaporation, and conveyance; emergency requirements; and adjustments of amounts in storage as may be necessary by finalization of provisional computations by the International Boundary and Water Commission.
(d) Water-in-transit accounts are not eligible for an allocation under § 303.22 of this title (relating to Allocations to Accounts) and are regulated under Subchapter I of this chapter (relating to Rio Grande Bed and Banks Permits for Water-in-Transit) and Subchapter J of this chapter (relating to Administration of Rio Grande Bed and Banks Permits for Water-in-Transit).
