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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Water Code § 26.0275: RESTRICTION ON PERMITS FOR DISCHARGES INTO CERTAIN SEGMENTS AND DRAINAGE AREAS.

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  1. WATER CODE
  2. TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION
  3. SUBTITLE D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL
  4. CHAPTER 26. WATER QUALITY CONTROL
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

(a) In this section:

(1) "Classified segment" means any portion of Devils River located in Val Verde County and identified in Appendices A and C of 30 T.A.C. Section 307.10 as it existed on September 1, 2025.

(2) "Unclassified water body" means a water body other than a classified segment.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the commission may not issue a new permit authorizing the direct discharge from a domestic or industrial wastewater treatment facility of any waste, effluent, or pollutants into a classified segment or an unclassified water body in Val Verde County that drains into a classified segment.

(c) This section does not affect the authority of the commission to issue:

(1) an individual or general permit for a municipal separate storm sewer system; or

(2) a general permit for stormwater and associated non-stormwater discharges.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 894 (H.B. 3333), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:48Z. Source file · JSON

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