H. Res. 832 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 28, 2008. 
Whereas the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) was 
honored as a 2007 recipient of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency’s Performance and Innovation in the SRF 
Creating Environmental Success (PISCES) Award on 
November 5, 2007; 
Whereas the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) 
program in Texas has been a front-runner and a prece-
dent-setting program in wastewater management for 
many years, and its CWSRF leveraging practices as well 
as other established management practices are used by 
many other States as examples to enhance the manage-
ment of their funds; 
Whereas the CWSRF program in Texas has successfully 
awarded communities approximately $4,300,000,000 in 
low-interest loans to finance 472 water infrastructure 
projects across 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 environ-
mental and public health benefits; 
Whereas the TWDB is proposing to increase the market-
ability and demand for the CWSRF program by pursuing
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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 Infor-
mation 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 be-
yond; 
Whereas the TWDB has actively encouraged asset manage-
ment as evidenced by its creation of a Best Management 
Practices Guide for water conservation; 
Whereas the TWDB established direct authority and respon-
sibility for the coordination of the CWSRF program by 
creating State Revolving Fund Coordinator positions; 
Whereas the TWDB’s Intended Use Plan Post-Mortem Re-
view 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 discus-
sion on State Revolving Fund policies, procedures and 
processes, and deadlines; 
Whereas the TWDB assigned cross-functional, multidisci-
plinary 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 be-
hind its schedule; and 
Whereas the TWDB was also noted for its outstanding re-
gional water planning activities, best management prac-
tices in the areas of nonpoint source pollution funding,
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instream flow program, work with the United States 
Army Corps of Engineers to amend the Federal water re-
sources development legislation to further enhance its wa-
tershed approach, funding of water reuse projects, agri-
cultural and municipal water conservation projects, and 
water conservation education activities: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the Texas Water Development Board on 
its selection by the Environmental Protection Agency as 
a 2007 Performance and Innovation in the SRF Cre-
ating Environmental Success (PISCES) Award recipient; 
and 
(2) recognizes the importance of adequate invest-
ment and management of water resources in sustainable 
development, including environmental integrity and 
human health and overall quality of life in the United 
States. 
Attest: 
Clerk.