Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group

FY 2013 Rio Grande Watermaster Assessment

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has approved a $50 base rate assessment fee on water rights accounts served by the Rio Grande Watermaster for the fiscal year September 2012 - August 2013. The rate does not apply to "no charge" water and certain excess flow permits. The assessments, totaling just under $780,000, will fund Rio Grande Watermaster operations for the year. The fee was approved by TCEQ Commissioners at their September 19th agenda. Details here. FY 2013 assessments will be mailed in September and October.

NOTICE TO PUBLIC

Notice of Application for Regional Water Planning Grant Funding For the Completion of the Fourth Cycle of Regional Water Planning
Click here for a printable version of this notice.
Click here for a printable version of the grant application.

Notice is hereby given that the Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group will submit by 5:00 p.m. October 4, 2012, a grant application for financial assistance to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) on behalf of Region M, to carry out planning activities to develop the 2016 Region M Regional Water Plan in completion of the state's Fourth Cycle (2012 -2016) of Regional Water Planning.

The Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group (Region M) includes the following counties: Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Maverick, Starr, Webb, Willacy and Zapata Counties.

Copies of the grant application are available for review from the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (LRGVDC) or online at www.lrgvdc.org and the Region M website at www.riograndewaterplan.org. Written comments from the public regarding the grant application must be submitted to LRGVDC and TWDB no later than October 16, 2012. Comments can be submitted as follows:

Kenneth N. Jones, Administrative Agent for Region M
Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
301 W. Railroad
Weslaco, TX 78596

Melanie Callahan, Executive Administrator
Texas Water Development Board
P.O. Box 13231 Austin, Texas 78711-3231

For additional information, please contact Kenneth N. Jones, LRGVDC, c/o Region M, 301 W. Railroad, Weslaco, Texas 78596, (956) 682-3481 and .

Lower Rio Grande Basin Study

The Bureau of Reclamation and the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority (RGRWA) and its 53 member entities, in collaboration with the Texas Region M Planning Group, Texas Water Development Board, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and International Boundary and Water Commission, are conducting a basin study to evaluate the impacts of climate variability and change on water supply imbalances within an eight county region along the U.S./Mexico border in south Texas.

• Basin Study Fact Sheet
• Plan of Study
• Initial Proposal

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