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

Tex. Water Code § 26.0345: DISCHARGE FROM AQUACULTURE FACILITIES.

(a) In addition to wastewater permit conditions established under the authority of Sections 5.102, 5.103, 5.120, and 26.040, the commission, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and the Parks and Wildlife Department, shall establish permit conditions relating to suspended solids in a discharge permit for an aquaculture facility located within the coastal zone and engaged in shrimp production that are based on levels and measures adequate to prevent:
(1) potential significant adverse responses in aquatic organisms, changes in flow patterns of receiving waters, or untimely filling of bays with settled solids; or
(2) a potential significant adverse response in aquatic plants from attenuation of light by suspended solids in discharges.
(b) In this section, "coastal zone" has the meaning assigned by Section 33.004, Natural Resources Code.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1239, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 79, eff. September 1, 2025.

Where this section sits in the code

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

(1) potential significant adverse responses in aquatic organisms, changes in flow patterns of receiving waters, or untimely filling of bays with settled solids; or

(2) a potential significant adverse response in aquatic plants from attenuation of light by suspended solids in discharges.

(b) In this section, "coastal zone" has the meaning assigned by Section 33.004, Natural Resources Code.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1239, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 79, eff. September 1, 2025.

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