Texas Water Code 26.555 – Inspections of and Sampling of Water in Pilot Program Areas
(a) To detect potential violations of this subchapter in the John Graves Scenic Riverway and the Coke Stevenson Scenic Riverway, the commission, the Brazos River Authority or the Lower Colorado River Authority, as appropriate, and the Parks and Wildlife Department shall coordinate efforts to conduct each calendar year:
(1) visual inspections of the riverways; and
(2) testing of water samples drawn from the Brazos River, the South Llano River, and their respective tributaries.
(b) The visual inspections and the drawing of water samples must be conducted at least once in a winter month and at least once in a summer month. The visual inspections must be conducted both from the surfaces of the John Graves Scenic Riverway and the Coke Stevenson Scenic Riverway and from an aircraft flying over the riverways.
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 26.555
- Commission: means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. See Texas Water Code 26.001
- Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
