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 |
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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. |