Doing so will assure the health and productivity of these aquatic systems for present and future generations. The water, clean and abundant, is the fundamental resource upon which rests TPWD's success in conserving fish and wildlife resources for present and future Texans. Achieving that end may be expressed in three goals. TPWD seeks to assure a more defined balance between all of the interests that need water. We must supply water for human health and safety.
Economic development needs dependable water, as does agriculture.
Healthy lakes, rivers and estuaries are important too. We depend upon these aquatic systems to provide safe drinking water, assimilate our wastes, and as a source of livelihood and recreation. TPWD initiated the ongoing Water and Wildlife Workshops in 1990, with a grant from Chevron, to bring together diverse water interests to help the Department achieve this goal. The first ever Consensus Water Plan, was one significant result of this ongoing effort. TPWD has a focus on four habitats in achieving its policy goal.