Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD › Chapter 364 - MODEL SUBDIVISION RULES › Subchapter B - MODEL RULES › Division 3 - PLAT APPROVAL › Section 364.52 - Final Engineering Report

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The final plat shall include on the plat or have attached
						to the plat an engineering report bearing the signed and dated seal of a
						professional engineer registered in the State of Texas. The engineering report
						shall discuss the availability and methodology of providing water facilities
						and wastewater treatment to individual lots within the subdivision. A detailed
						cost estimate per lot acceptable to the county shall be provided for those
						unconstructed water supply and distribution facilities and wastewater
						collection and treatment facilities which are necessary to serve each lot of
						the subdivision. The plan shall include a construction schedule for each
						significant element needed to provide adequate water or wastewater facilities.
						If financial guarantees are to be provided under §
											364.54
						of this title, the schedule shall include the start dates and completion
						dates.
(1) Public water systems.
(A) Where water supplies are to be provided
					 by an existing public water system, the subdivider shall furnish an executed
					 contractual agreement between the subdivider and the retail public utility in
					 substantially the form attached in Appendix 1A and referenced in §
												364.32(a)(1)
					 of this title. Before final plat approval, plans and specifications for the
					 proposed water facilities shall have been approved by all entities having
					 jurisdiction over the proposed project which may include in addition to the
					 county the commission and the county health department. If groundwater is to be
					 the source of the water supply, the final engineering report shall include a
					 groundwater availability study that complies with the requirements of 30 TAC
					 §§
												230.1
					 through 230.11 for water availability for a public water supply systems and
					 certifies the long term (30 years) quantity and quality of available
					 groundwater supplies relative to the ultimate needs of the
					 subdivision.
(B) Where there is no
					 existing retail public utility to construct and maintain the proposed water
					 facilities, the subdivider shall establish a retail public utility and obtain a
					 Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) from the commission and include
					 evidence of the CCN issuance with the plat. Before final plat approval, plans
					 and specifications for the proposed water facilities shall have been approved
					 by all entities having jurisdiction over the proposed project. If groundwater
					 is to be the source of the water supply, the final engineering report shall
					 include a groundwater availability study that complies with the requirements of
					 30 TAC §§
												230.1
					 through 230.11 for water availability for a public water supply systems and
					 certifies the long term (30 years) quantity and quality of available
					 groundwater supplies relative to the ultimate needs of the subdivision. If
					 surface water is the source of supply then the final engineering report shall
					 include evidence that sufficient water rights have been obtained and dedicated,
					 either through acquisition or wholesale water supply agreement, that will
					 provide a sufficient supply to serve the needs of the subdivision for a term of
					 not less than 30 years.