Tex. Water Code § 32.003
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 32.003, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 32.003. POLICY AND PURPOSE.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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