Section 32.003. Policy and Purpose

TX Water Code § 32.003 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 32.003. POLICY AND PURPOSE. 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.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 637 (H.B. 2651), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.