Tex. Water Code § 32.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
POLICY AND PURPOSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
It is the policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to:
(1) maintain the quality of fresh water in the state to the extent consistent with the public health and welfare and the operation of existing industries;
(2) promote the beneficial reuse of commercial, industrial, and municipal waste for the economic development of the state, thereby reducing the demand on the state's supply of fresh water;
(3) prevent underground injection that may pollute fresh water; and
(4) require the use of all reasonable methods to implement this policy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 637 (H.B. 2651), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.32.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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