IV 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 832 

Honoring the Texas Water Development Board on its selection as a recipient 

of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007 Clean Water State Revolving Fund Performance and Innovation Award. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2007 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. 

LAMPSON, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. ORTIZ, Ms. GRANGER, 

Mr. BURGESS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. PAUL, and Mr. REYES) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the Texas Water Development Board on its selection as a recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007 Clean Water State Revolving Fund Performance and Innovation Award. 

Whereas on November 5, 2007, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) was honored as a recipient of the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007 Performance 

and Innovation in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

(CWSRF) Creating Environmental Success Award at the 

Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities annual 

conference in Denver, Colorado; 


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Whereas the CWSRF program in Texas has been a frontrunner and precedent-setting program in wastewater 

management for many years, and the State’s CWSRF 

leveraging practices as well as other established management practices are used by many other States as examples to enhance the management of their funds; 

Whereas the CWSRF in Texas has successfully awarded communities approximately $4,300,000,000 in low-interest 

loans to finance 472 water infrastructure projects across 

the State of Texas; 

Whereas these projects, which serve approximately one-half of 

the population of Texas and treat about 2,100,000,000 

gallons per day of wastewater, provide direct environmental and public health benefits; 

Whereas the agency is proposing to increase the marketability 

and demand for the CWSRF program by pursuing the 

use of extended loan terms beyond the authorized 20-year 

term to a 30-year term; 

Whereas the TWDB developed a State Revolving Fund Information Management System to satisfy the need for more 

timely and accurate information on the status of water 

and wastewater loan projects as those projects move 

through the phases of the preapplication process and beyond; 

Whereas the TWDB has actively encouraged asset management as evidenced in its creation of a Best Management 

Practices Guide for water conservation; 

Whereas the TWDB established direct authority and responsibility for the coordination of the CWSRF program by 

creating State Revolving Fund Coordinator positions; 


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Whereas the TWDB’s Intended Use Plan Post-Mortem Review was lauded for identifying various activities that will 

be used in improving future CWSRF Intended Use Plan 

development processes; 

Whereas the TWDB holds interoffice planning meetings that 

serve as monthly forums to provide for interoffice discussion on State Revolving Fund policies, procedures and 

processes, and deadlines; 

Whereas the agency assigned cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams to manage project performance review from 

application phase through construction, and these teams 

are responsible for identifying and developing solutions to 

project circumstances that may cause a project to fall behind its schedule; and 

Whereas the agency was also noted for its outstanding regional water planning activities, best management practices in the areas of nonpoint source pollution funding, 

the instream flow program, work with the United States 

Army Corps of Engineers to amend the Federal water resources development legislation to further enhance its watershed approach, funding of water reuse projects, agricultural and municipal water conservation projects, and 

water conservation education activities: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors the Texas Water Development 

3 Board on their selection as the Environmental Pro4 tection Agency’s 2007 Clean Water State Revolving 

5 Fund Performance and Innovation Award recipient; 

6 and 


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1 (2) recognizes the importance of adequate in2 vestment and management of water resources in sus3 tainable development, including environmental integ4 rity and human health and overall quality of life in 

5 the United States. 

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