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House Bill 3605 |
House Author: Burnam et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Hegar |
House Bill 3605 amends the Water Code to require a retail public utility providing potable water that receives from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) financial assistance to use a portion of that financial assistance to mitigate the utility's system water loss if, based on a water audit filed by the utility, the water loss meets or exceeds the threshold established by TWDB rule. The bill, for prescribed categories of retail public utilities, requires the TWDB to adopt rules regarding the amount of system water loss that requires a utility to take such action and rules regarding the use of TWDB financial assistance to mitigate system water loss. Among other provisions, the bill, in passing on an application for financial assistance from a retail public utility that provides potable water service to 3,300 or more connections, requires the TWDB to evaluate for compliance with its best management practices the utility's water conservation plan and issue a report to the utility detailing the results of the evaluation.