Section 357.45 - Implementation and Comparison to Previous Regional Water Plan(a) RWPGs shall describe the level of implementation of previously recommended WMSs and associated impediments to implementation in accordance with guidance provided by the board. Information on the progress of implementation of all WMSs that were recommended in the previous RWP, including conservation and Drought Management WMSs; and the implementation of WMSPs that have affected progress in meeting the state's future water needs.(b) RWPGs shall assess the progress of the RWPA in encouraging cooperation between WUGs for the purpose of achieving economies of scale and otherwise incentivizing WMSs that benefit the entire RWPA. This assessment of regionalization shall include: (1) The number of recommended WMSs in the previously adopted and current RWPs that serve more than one WUG;(2) The number of recommended WMSs in the previously adopted RWP that serve more than one WUG and have been implemented since the previously adopted RWP; and.(3) A description of efforts the RWPG has made to encourage WMSs and WMSPs that serve more than one WUG, and that benefit the entire region.(c) RWPGs shall provide a brief summary of how the RWP differs from the previously adopted RWP with regards to:(1) Water Demand projections;(2) Drought of Record and hydrologic and modeling assumptions used in planning for the region;(3) Groundwater and surface water Availability, Existing Water Supplies, and identified Water Needs for WUGs and WWPs; and(4) Recommended and Alternative WMSs and WMSPs.31 Tex. Admin. Code § 357.45
The provisions of this §357.45 adopted to be effective August 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 5797; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 49, December 2, 2016, TexReg 9625, eff. 12/8/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 14, April 6, 2018, TexReg 2165, eff. 4/11/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 25, June 19, 2020, TexReg 4217, eff. 6/28/2020