Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Chapter 363 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Division 7 - GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY
Section 363.81 - Definitions of Terms
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
The following words and terms, when used in this division, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Words defined in the Texas Water Code, Chapters 15, 16, or 17, and not defined here shall have the meanings provided by the appropriate Texas Water Code chapter.
(1) Economically distressed area--An area in which water supply or sewer services are or are expected to be inadequate to meet the minimal needs of residential users and in which financial resources are inadequate to provide water supply or sewer services that will satisfy those needs.
(2) Emergency--A condition in which a public water or wastewater system has already failed or which poses an imminent threat of failure, causing the health or safety of residential users to be in danger. The emergency shall be the result of natural or man-made catastrophes, riots, or hostile military or paramilitary action, including such conditions recognized by a declaration of disaster by the governor of the state.
