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Whereas the CWSRF program in Texas has been a front- 
runner and precedent-setting program in wastewater 
management for many years, and the State’s CWSRF 
leveraging practices as well as other established manage-
ment practices are used by many other States as exam-
ples to enhance the management of their funds; 
Whereas the CWSRF in Texas has successfully awarded com-
munities 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 environ-
mental 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 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 in 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; 
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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 agency 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 agency was also noted for its outstanding re-
gional water planning activities, best management prac-
tices 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 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 their selection as the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency’s 2007 Clean Water State Revolving 
Fund Performance and Innovation Award recipient; 
and 
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(2) recognizes the importance of adequate in-
vestment and management of water resources in sus-
tainable development, including environmental integ-
rity and human health and overall quality of life in 
the United States. 
Æ 
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