2011 Colorado and Lavaca BBASC environmental flows recommendation report

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2011-08

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Brzozowski, Patrick
Hess, Myron
Arendale, Bruce
Dailey, James
Gertson, Ronald
Hall, Carroll
Hill, David
Huffman, Deedy
King, Joe
Lewis, Jr., Frank

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For your consideration, the Colorado and Lavaca Rivers Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (CL-BBASC) hereby submits its final report pursuant to its charge under Senate Bill 3 (80th R, 2007). This charge directed the BBASC to review the Colorado and Lavaca Bay and Basin Expert Science Team (CL-BBEST) recommendation for environmental flows and to weigh the environmental need for water with the need for water for other purposes, including human needs, and to make recommendations on �environmental flow standards� and strategies for the Bay-Basin complex. Water evolving in these two river basins satisfies the thirst of Texans and flora and fauna alike from the Texas Hill Country to the coastal plains and prairie of the Gulf of Mexico, ultimately feeding one of the most prolific and profitable bay and estuary systems along the entire Gulf Coast. This being said, it is my pleasure to inform you that the BBASC recommendations included in this report are consensus recommendations. This report reflects significant efforts of all BBASC members to seek solutions that addressed their highest concerns, while also finding ways to understand and address the important concerns of the other members, in the true spirit of consensus. It is our expectation that as we now transition to the rules making process, the consensus decisions reported herein are carried forward.

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Those facilitation services that were so important were available because of the generosity of individual members of the Stakeholder Committee or their sponsoring organizations in contributing funds in the amount of $29,000 to pay for the facilitation services. Donations were provided by City of Austin; Environmental Stewardship; Formosa Plastics Environmental Endowment Fund Trust; Gertson Farms Partnership; Hickory Underground Water Conservation District No. 1; Lavaca-Navidad River Authority; Lower Colorado River Authority; Menard County Underground Water District; National Wildlife Federation; Rice Belt Warehouse, Inc.; STP Nuclear Operating Company; and Underground Services Markham.

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