Tex. Water Code § 16.016
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 16.016, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 16.016. POLLUTION OF RED RIVER TRIBUTARIES.
Official statutory text
Within the limits of available money and facilities, the executive administrator shall study salt springs, gypsum beds, and other sources of natural pollution of the tributaries of the Red River and shall study means of eliminating this natural pollution and preventing it from reaching the Red River.
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