Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD › Chapter 363 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter M - STATE WATER IMPLEMENTATION FUND FOR TEXAS AND STATE WATER IMPLEMENTATION REVENUE FUND FOR TEXAS › Section 363.1302 - Definition of Terms

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Agricultural
				  water conservation--Those practices, techniques or technologies used in
				  agriculture, as defined in Texas Agriculture Code, which will improve the
				  efficiency of the use of water and further water conservation in the state,
				  including but not limited to those programs or projects defined in Texas Water
				  Code §§
										17.871 -
				  17.912.
(2) Agricultural irrigation project--Those
				  projects which improve water delivery or application efficiency on agricultural
				  lands, or involve purchase and installation on agricultural public or private
				  property of new water sources, new irrigation systems, or devices designed to
				  indicate the amount of water withdrawn for agricultural irrigation
				  purposes.
(3) Alternate facility--A
				  construction project that would be necessary to serve the excess capacity of
				  the area to be served by the facility in the event that the facility was not
				  initially constructed to meet the excess capacity.
(4) Commission--The Texas Commission on
				  Environmental Quality or its successor.
(5) Entity--A political subdivision or
				  nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporation.
(6) Excess capacity--The difference between
				  the foreseeable needs of the area to be served by the useful life of the
				  facility and the existing needs for the area to be served by the
				  facility.
(7) Executive
				  administrator--The executive administrator of the board or a designated
				  representative.
(8) Existing
				  needs--Maximum capacity necessary for service to the area receiving service
				  from the facility for current population and including the service necessary to
				  serve the estimated population in the area ten years from the date of the
				  application.
(9) Facility--A
				  regional facility for which an application has been submitted requesting board
				  participation and that includes sufficient capacity to serve the existing needs
				  of the applicant and excess capacity.
(10) Historically Underutilized Business--The
				  meaning assigned by Government Code §
										2161.001, and the
				  regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(11) Household Cost Factor--The average
				  annual cost of service per household divided by the median household
				  income.
(12) Nonprofit water supply
				  or sewer service corporation--A water or sewer service corporation operating
				  under Texas Water Code, Chapter 67.
(13) Political subdivision--Includes a city,
				  county, district or authority created under the Texas Constitution Article III,
				  Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, any other political subdivision of the
				  state, any interstate compact commission to which the state is a party, and any
				  nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Texas Water
				  Code, Chapter 67.
(14) Reuse--The
				  beneficial use of groundwater or surface water that has already been
				  beneficially used.
(15) Rural
				  political subdivision--A nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporation,
				  district, or municipality with a service area of 10,000 or less in population
				  based upon the most current data available from the U.S. Bureau of the Census
				  or board-approved projections, or that otherwise qualifies for financing from a
				  federal agency; or a county in which no urban political subdivision exceeds
				  50,000 in population based upon the most current data available from the U.S.
				  Bureau of the Census or board-approved projections.
(16) Rural population--Residents of a rural
				  political subdivision.
(17) Urban
				  population--Residents of a political subdivision with a population of more than
				  10,000 individuals based upon the most current data available from the U.S.
				  Bureau of the Census or board-approved projections.
(18) Water conservation--Those practices,
				  techniques, programs, and technologies that will protect water resources,
				  reduce the consumption of water, reduce the loss or waste of water, or improve
				  the efficiency in the use of water, so that a water supply is made available
				  for future or alternative uses.
(19) Water plan project--A project that is a
				  recommended water management strategy in the current board-adopted state water
				  plan.
(20) Water supply
				  need--Projected water demands in excess of existing supply as identified in the
				  state water plan.