{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-26.502","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 26.502","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"This subchapter applies only to a feeding operation confining cattle that have been or may be used for dairy purposes, or otherwise associated with a dairy, including cows, calves, and bulls, in a major sole source impairment zone. In this subchapter, \"major sole source impairment zone\" means a watershed that contains a reservoir:\n(1) that is used by a municipality as a sole source of drinking water supply for a population, inside and outside of its municipal boundaries, of more than 140,000; and\n(2) at least half of the water flowing into which is from a source that, on the effective date of this subchapter, is on the list of impaired state waters adopted by the commission as required by 33 U.S.C. Section 1313(d), as amended:\n(A) at least in part because of concerns regarding pathogens and phosphorus; and\n(B) for which the commission, at some time, has prepared and submitted a total maximum daily load standard.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 12.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL","CHAPTER 26. WATER QUALITY CONTROL","SUBCHAPTER L. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN WATERSHEDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.26.htm#26.502","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"d5d18ce55b3056bbc59355daeba5d18a95f7478e49d5f6518853ce1b150329f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-26.501","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-26.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}