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Overview

Note: The following two paragraphs are direct quotes from the Texas Water Development Board What is Regional Planning? Web page.

In June 1997, Governor George W. Bush signed into law Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), comprehensive water legislation enacted by the 75th Texas Legislature. This comprehensive water legislation was an outgrowth of increased awareness of the vulnerability of Texas to drought and to the limits of existing water supplies to meet increasing demands as population grows. The state's population is expected to increase from its current level of about 19 million to more than 39 million people by the year 2050.

With passage of SB 1, the Legislature put in place a "bottom up" water planning process designed to ensure that the water needs of all Texans are met as Texas enters the 21st century. SB 1 allows individuals representing 11 interest groups to serve as members of Regional Water Planning Groups (RWPG) to prepare regional water plans for their respective areas. These plans will map out how to conserve water supplies, meet future water supply needs and respond to future droughts in the planning areas.

On January 5, 2001, the RWPGs formally submitted their adopted water plans to the Texas Water Development Board. View the press release, Summary, and related documents.

The Draft 2002 State Water Plan is available on the TWDB home page (link added to our page on 9/26/2001). See also: State Water Plan Meeting Schedule for public meetings, public hearings, and video conferences scheduled in October and November to provide for public comment, and the State Water Plan - Stakeholder Report.

Sabine Basin Regional Planning Groups

The Sabine River Basin, Texas, falls within the following three RWPGs:

Code	Description	Approved	Map	Membership	Meeting Updates	Meeting Minutes	Scope of Work	Regional Plan Executive Summary	Official Plan Files	Section in Statewide Summary	Related Links
C	Region C	June 20, 2001 News Article	here	here	here	here	here	here	here	here	here
D	North East Texas	June 20, 2001 News Article	here	here	here	here	here	here	here	here	here
I	East Texas	May 16, 2001  TWDB Press Release	here	here	here	here	not available	here	here	here	here

Note: Maps are in zoom-able Flash format. Once you open the image, right click your mouse and select "zoom". Trouble viewing? Download the Macromedia Flash player for free. View all Regions.

Sabine Basin Regions TWDB Tables

Each Regional Plan includes the following "TWDB Tables." We are combining the tables for the three RWPGs in the Sabine Basin Texas and will post them here as they are available (tab-delineated ASCII format suitable for most spreadsheets, databases, and word processor software). The source files are available in Microsoft Excel format at the "Official Plan Files" links given above for the three regions.