Sec. 26.555. INSPECTIONS OF AND SAMPLING OF WATER IN JOHN GRAVES SCENIC RIVERWAY. (a) To detect potential violations of this subchapter in the John Graves Scenic Riverway, the commission, the Brazos River Authority, and the Parks and Wildlife Department shall coordinate efforts to conduct each calendar year:
(1) visual inspections of the riverway; and
(2) testing of water samples drawn from the Brazos River and its tributaries in the riverway.
(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 surface of the John Graves Scenic Riverway and from an aircraft flying over the riverway.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle D - Water Quality Control
Chapter 26 - Water Quality Control
Subchapter M. Water Quality Protection Areas
Section 26.552. Applicability; Pilot Program
Section 26.553. Regulation of Quarries Within Water Quality Protection Area
Section 26.555. Inspections of and Sampling of Water in John Graves Scenic Riverway
Section 26.557. Emergency Orders
Section 26.558. Recovery of Costs for Unauthorized Discharges Within Water Quality Protection Area
Section 26.559. Reclamation and Restoration Fund Account