Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Chapter 363 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Subchapter J - STATE PARTICIPATION PROGRAM
Section 363.1002 - Definitions of Terms

(1) Excess capacity--The difference between the foreseeable needs of the area to be served by the useful life of the facility and the existing needs for the area to be served by the facility.

(2) Facility--A regional or interregional facility for which an application has been submitted requesting financial assistance from the state participation account and that includes sufficient capacity to serve the existing needs of the applicant and excess capacity.

(3) Alternate facility--A construction project that would be necessary to serve the excess capacity of the area to be served by the facility in the event that the facility was not initially constructed to meet the excess capacity.

(4) Existing needs--Maximum capacity necessary for service to the area receiving service from the facility for current population and including the service necessary to serve the estimated population in the area ten years from the date of the application.

(5) New water supply project--A project which will create new, usable water supply through the construction of a reservoir, dam, stormwater retention basin, or the development of conservation or innovative technologies including, but not limited to, desalinization, demineralization, other advanced water treatment practices, floodwater harvesting, or aquifer storage and recovery.

(6) State Participation II Account--An account within the State Participation Account for the development of desalination or aquifer storage and recovery facilities under Texas Water Code 16.146.

(7) Water plan project--A project which is identified as a recommended strategy in the water plan.