The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Agricultural water conservation--Those practices,
techniques or technologies used in agriculture, as defined in Texas
Agriculture Code, which will improve the efficiency of the use of
water and further water conservation in the state, including but not
limited to those programs or projects defined in Texas Water Code §§17.871
- 17.912.
(2) Agricultural irrigation project--Those projects
which improve water delivery or application efficiency on agricultural
lands, or involve purchase and installation on agricultural public
or private property of new water sources, new irrigation systems,
or devices designed to indicate the amount of water withdrawn for
agricultural irrigation purposes.
(3) Alternate facility--A construction project that
would be necessary to serve the excess capacity of the area to be
served by the facility in the event that the facility was not initially
constructed to meet the excess capacity.
(4) Commission--The Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality or its successor.
(5) Entity--A political subdivision or nonprofit water
supply or sewer service corporation.
(6) Excess capacity--The difference between the foreseeable
needs of the area to be served by the useful life of the facility
and the existing needs for the area to be served by the facility.
(7) Executive administrator--The executive administrator
of the board or a designated representative.
(8) Existing needs--Maximum capacity necessary for
service to the area receiving service from the facility for current
population and including the service necessary to serve the estimated
population in the area ten years from the date of the application.
(9) Facility--A regional facility for which an application
has been submitted requesting board participation and that includes
sufficient capacity to serve the existing needs of the applicant and
excess capacity.
(10) Historically Underutilized Business--The meaning
assigned by Government Code §2161.001, and the regulations adopted
pursuant thereto.
(11) Household Cost Factor--The average annual cost
of service per household divided by the median household income.
(12) Nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporation--A
water or sewer service corporation operating under Texas Water Code,
Chapter 67.
(13) Political subdivision--Includes a city, county,
district or authority created under the Texas Constitution Article
III, Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, any other political subdivision
of the state, any interstate compact commission to which the state
is a party, and any nonprofit water supply corporation created and
operating under Texas Water Code, Chapter 67.
(14) Reuse--The beneficial use of groundwater or surface
water that has already been beneficially used.
(15) Rural political subdivision--A nonprofit water
supply or sewer service corporation, district, or municipality with
a service area of 10,000 or less in population based upon the most
current data available from the U.S. Bureau of the Census or board-approved
projections, or that otherwise qualifies for financing from a federal
agency; or a county in which no urban political subdivision exceeds
50,000 in population based upon the most current data available from
the U.S. Bureau of the Census or board-approved projections.
(16) Rural population--Residents of a rural political
subdivision.
(17) Urban population--Residents of a political subdivision
with a population of more than 10,000 individuals based upon the most
current data available from the U.S. Bureau of the Census or board-approved
projections.
(18) Water conservation--Those practices, techniques,
programs, and technologies that will protect water resources, reduce
the consumption of water, reduce the loss or waste of water, or improve
the efficiency in the use of water, so that a water supply is made
available for future or alternative uses.
(19) Water plan project--A project that is a recommended
water management strategy in the current board-adopted state water
plan.
(20) Water supply need--Projected water demands in
excess of existing supply as identified in the state water plan.
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