Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 295 - WATER RIGHTS, PROCEDURAL › Subchapter F - MISCELLANEOUS › Section 295.202 - Reports

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Annual reports.
				  Every person who takes water from a stream or reservoir during the preceding
				  calendar year shall submit a written report to the commission. Blank forms for
				  recording the information required by the Texas Water Code, §
										11.031 and §
										11.032(a),
				  shall be mailed to all surface water users during January of each year. Water
				  use report forms shall be furnished to anyone on request. In completing the
				  reports, a water user shall fill in the blanks to the best of his ability in
				  accordance with the instructions that accompany each form. The report must be
				  returned to the executive director not later than March 1 of each year to avoid
				  the penalties prescribed by the Texas Water Code, §
										11.031(b).
				  Water users under the jurisdiction of the Rio Grande Watermaster shall return
				  their annual reports to the Rio Grande Watermaster so that office can prepare
				  and submit water use data covering the area of watermaster control. No report
				  is required to be filed by persons who divert water solely for domestic and
				  livestock purposes.
(b) Reports by
				  temporary permit holders. Upon the expiration of the period for which a
				  temporary permit is granted, the appropriator shall cease diverting water and
				  file a written report with the executive director, stating the amount of water
				  and the date of cessation of use.
(c) Report on time limitations for
				  construction. Within 10 days after beginning construction or installation of
				  diversion and distribution facilities, a permittee shall file a statement with
				  the executive director showing that work was begun within the time limit
				  allowed. Immediately upon completion of the project, a similar statement must
				  be filed with the executive director showing that the work was completed within
				  the specified time limitations.
(d)
				  Report of contractual sales.
(1) The
				  purchaser under a contract to supply state water shall submit annual written
				  reports to the executive director in accordance with subsection (a) of this
				  section indicating the total amount of water diverted each month and the total
				  amount diverted each week. Purchasers diverting from the perimeter of a
				  reservoir need to report only monthly diversions.
(2) The supplier shall submit annual written
				  reports to the executive director in accordance with subsection (a) of this
				  section indicating the total amount of water diverted and used each month for
				  each purpose and the total amount released downstream each week to each
				  purchaser under the storage water right specified in the contract. A separate
				  reporting of the amount of water estimated for transmission losses shall be
				  made.
(3) These reporting
				  requirements shall apply to all contractual permits and water supply
				  contracts.
(4) For purposes of this
				  subchapter, a week is the period from Saturday midnight to Saturday
				  midnight.