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Water Availability and Water Rights Permits Featured Items: Water Rights: Am I Regulated? Brief overview of water rights, with links to related information and relevant application forms.   Related Categories: Advisory Groups - Water Availability and Use Water Rights Advisory Work Group. Watermaster advisory committees. Also, the five interstate river compact commissions through which Texas works with bordering states to oversee the allocation and use of surface water in shared river basins.   Water Availability Data on availability of surface water. Watermaster programs. Groundwater management programs.   Water Conservation Preservation and protection of water supplies through minimizing amounts used.   Water in Your River or Coastal Basin Find out the status of water quality in your river or coastal basin, along with protection and improvement programs. Learn how water quality is measured and assessed.   Water Rights Permits: Getting Permission to Use Surface Water Requirements for obtaining rights to surface water. Guidance. Status of pending applications. Data on existing water rights.   Watermaster Programs How watermasters administer surface water rights in their river basins. The Concho, Rio Grande, and South Texas watermaster programs.   Topics Under This Category: Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholders Committee Created by the 80th Texas Legislature in recognition of the importance that the ecological soundness of our riverine, bay, and estuary systems and riparian lands have on the economy, health, and well-being of our state. Nominations for related committees being accepted now.   Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee Serves as an objective scientific body to advise and make recommendations to the Environmental Flows Advisory Group on issues relating to the science of environmental flow protection and develop recommendations to help provide overall direction, coordination, and consistency.   Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers and Galveston Bay Stakeholders Committee Created by the 80th Texas Legislature in recognition of the importance that the ecological soundness of our riverine, bay, and estuary systems and riparian lands have on the economy, health, and well-being of our state.   Water Rights Advisory Work Group Advisory group concerned with water rights permiting issues in Texas. Links to information on upcoming meetings and past meetings.

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