Legal Opinion
Lower Colorado River Authority v. Texas Department of Water Resources
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 30, 1982No. 13295PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWERS, Justice.
The Texas Water Commission granted the application of Colorado River Municipal Water District seeking a permit to construct a dam on the Colorado River approximately 24 miles southeast of Ballinger, Texas. The permit, embodied in the Commission’s final order, licenses the district to impound 554,340 acre feet of water by means of the proposed dam and also licenses the district to use 113,000 acre feet of water per annum, as follows: 88,000 acre feet of water per annum for municipal and domestic purposes; and 25,000 acre feet of water per annum for forced evaporative cooling…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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