Bill Text: TX HCR74 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Directing the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to support the creation of a model water recycling project in an appropriate location.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-21 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [HCR74 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HCR74-Introduced.html
  84R9846 RMA-D
 
  By: Davis of Dallas H.C.R. No. 74
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, Among the most urgent issues facing Texas is the
  recent prolonged drought that has resulted in a diminished water
  supply, and new strategies need to be developed and implemented to
  ensure that Texas can meet its future water demands; and
         WHEREAS, Purifying and recycling treated effluent has been a
  successful approach for providing additional clean, safe drinking
  water supplies, and two Texas cities, Big Spring and Wichita Falls,
  have implemented such projects; and
         WHEREAS, Of the 16 water planning districts in Texas, Region
  C, which includes the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and serves 25
  percent of the state's population, has the largest projected demand
  for new water supplies, and several cities in the region have the
  ability to develop a model project that would purify and recycle
  significant amounts of treated effluent into water for drinking and
  other household uses; and
         WHEREAS, An advanced purification plant could provide a
  crucial new supply of water to a number of water planning regions in
  Texas; and
         WHEREAS, The development of a direct potable-water model
  project in conjunction with the use of renewable energy
  technologies could provide an excellent opportunity for public
  education on direct water reuse and renewable energy; and
         WHEREAS, The creation of a direct potable-water project in
  Region C has the potential to yield a sufficient water supply to
  area residents while alleviating the depletion of already scarce
  resources, and the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality should provide funding,
  authorizations, and technical assistance to assist in that
  endeavor; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby direct the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality to assist the Region C Water
  Planning Group in the creation of a large-scale direct
  potable-water recycling and reuse project as a model for the state;
  and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the 84th Texas Legislature direct the board
  and the commission to seek federal funds or use available state
  funds or loan programs to assist with the creation of a direct
  potable-water recycling facility in Region C; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the 84th Texas Legislature urge the board and
  the commission to encourage the use of renewable energy sources and
  the development of educational programs along with the
  potable-water recycling and reuse project; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the 84th Texas Legislature direct the board to
  include the creation of a direct potable-water recycling facility
  in Region C as a priority for support pursuant to Section 16.1311,
  Water Code.
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