The term "surface water in the state" is defined as follows in
the storm water general permits
TXR040000,
TXR050000 and
TXR150000 (PDF). (Help with PDF.)
"Surface Water in the State" - Lakes, bays, ponds,
impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries,
wetlands, marshes, inlets, canals, the Gulf of Mexico inside the
territorial limits of the state (from the mean high water mark
(MHWM) out 10.36 miles into the Gulf), and all other bodies of
surface water, natural or artificial, inland or coastal, fresh or
salt, navigable or non-navigable, and including the beds and banks
of all water-courses and bodies of surface water, that are wholly
or partially inside or bordering the state or subject to the
jurisdiction of the state; except that waters in treatment systems
which are authorized by state or federal law, regulation, or
permit, and which are created for the purpose of waste treatment
are not considered to be water in the state.
