River authorities in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Texas

Texas

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 are public agencies established by the state legislature and given authority to develop and manage the water

Water

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s of the state. These authorities are given powers to conserve, store, control, preserve, utilize, and distribute the waters of a designated geographic region for the benefit of the public.

The 23 Texas river authorities include the following:

• Angelina-Neches River Authority
• Brazos River Authority
  Brazos River Authority
  The Brazos River Authority or BRA was created in 1929 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Brazos River as a water resource in Texas. It was originally named the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District and renamed to the current name in 1953...
  
  
• Central Colorado River Authority
• Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
  Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
  The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority or GBRA was formed in 1933 by the Texas legislature. Its main concerns are water supply and water conservation in the Guadalupe River Basin, which includes the Blanco, Comal, and San Marcos rivers. The authority extends over ten counties...
  
  
• Lavaca-Navidad River Authority
  Lavaca-Navidad River Authority
  The Lavaca-Navidad River Authority or LNRA was formed in August, 1941 by the Texas legislature. Its regulatory authority is authorized by Article 16, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, codified in Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes as Article 8280-131...
  
  
• Lower Colorado River Authority
  Lower Colorado River Authority
  The Lower Colorado River Authority or LCRA is a nonprofit public utility that was created in November 1934 by the Texas Legislature. LCRA's mission is to protect people, property and the environment by providing public services for more than one million people in Central and Southeast Texas...
  
  
• Lower Neches Valley Authority
  Lower Neches Valley Authority
  The Lower Neches Valley Authority was established in 1933 as a district to store, control, conserve, and utilize the water of the lower Neches River valley in Texas. It includes all of Jefferson, Hardin, and Tyler counties and parts of Jasper, Liberty, and Chambers counties.The LNVA is governed by...
  
  
• Nueces River Authority
• Palo Duro River Authority
• Red River Authority
• Sabine River Authority
• San Antonio River Authority
  San Antonio River Authority
  The San Antonio River Authority or SARA was formed in 1937 by the Texas legislature. Its main concerns are water supply and water conservation in the San Antonio River basin in Bexar, Goliad, Karnes, and Wilson counties...
  
  
• San Jacinto River Authority
• Sulphur River Basin Authority
• Trinity River Authority
  Trinity River Authority
  The Trinity River Authority or TRA was formed in 1955 by the Texas legislature. Its main concerns are water supply and water conservation in the Trinity River Basin. The authority extends over , including all or part of 17 counties...
  
  
• Upper Colorado River Authority
  Upper Colorado River Authority
  The Upper Colorado River Authority or UCRA was created in 1935 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Colorado River as a water resource in Tom Green County and Coke County, Texas. The authority has since been extended to include Schleicher County and Concho County...
  
  
• Upper Guadalupe River Authority
  Upper Guadalupe River Authority
  The Upper Guadalupe River Authority or UGRA was created in 1939 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Guadalupe River as a water resource in Kerr County, Texas. The authority is chartered with the mandate "to control, develop, store, preserve and distribute" the...
  
  

External links

• Map of River Authorities and Special Law Districts Within the State of Texas, Texas Water Development Board