The next meeting of the Brazos River and Associated Bay and Estuary System Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee (BBASC) will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, May 30-31, 2012 at the Brazos River Authority office located at 4600 Cobbs Drive in Waco, Texas. The first day of the meeting will begin at 10:00 am, and the second day’s meeting will begin at 8:00 am. The meeting agenda can be viewed here.
Environmental Flow Recommendations
The Environmental Flow Regime Recommendations Report from the Brazos River Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) was submitted on March 1, 2012. The final report and appendices can be viewed through the following links.
Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committees for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code §11.23620 
. (map: geographical extent of priority basins).
These Committees have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. One of the tasks the Committees are to perform is to establish a Basin and Bay Expert Science Team. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Brazos River and associated bay and estuary system Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
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Interest Group
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Dale Spurgin, Chair
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Regional Water Planning Groups
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Tom Michel, Vice-Chair
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Regional Water Planning Groups
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Cindy Bartos
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Recreational Water Users
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David Blackburn
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Municipalities
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Tom Conry
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Municipalities
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Phil Ford
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River Authorities
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Willie Gavranovic
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Agricultural Irrigation
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Horace Grace
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Groundwater Conservation Districts
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Brian Hays
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Free-Range Livestock
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Lloyd Huggins
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Free-Range Livestock
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Joe Langdon
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Soil and Water Conservation Districts
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Gena Leathers
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Chemical Manufacturing
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Dan Loomis
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Recreational Water Users
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Ed Lowe
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Environmental Interests
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Ned Meister
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
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Curt Mowery
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Agricultural Irrigation
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Tommy O'Brien
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Municipalities
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Keith Pate
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Environmental Interests
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Matt Phillips
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Environmental Interests
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Mary Ruth Rhodenbaugh
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Public Interest Groups
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Patrick Riley
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Commercial Fishermen
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Eddie Saucedo
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Refining
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Gary Spicer
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Electricity Generation
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SuEllen Staggs
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Municipalities
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Sue Campbell Williams
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Public Interest Groups
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Meetings of the Brazos River and associated bay and estuary system Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
January 21, 2011
February 25, 2011
April 26, 2011
June 28, 2011
August 23, 2011
October 25, 2011
January 24, 2012
February 28, 2012
March 27, 2012
April 24, 2012
Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Team (BBEST)
The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Teams for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code 11.02362 . ( map: geographical extent of priority basins).
These Teams have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Brazos River and associated bay and estuary system Basin and Bay Expert Science Team
- Tom Gooch (Chair)
- Kirk Winemiller (Vice-Chair)
- Tim Bonner
- Jack Davis
- David Dunn
- Dan Gise
- George Guillen
- Tiffany Morgan
- Philip Price
Meetings of the Brazos River and associated bay and estuary system Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST)
April 19, 2011
May 23, 2011
June 13, 2011
July 19, 2011
August 16, 2011
September 21, 2011
October 26, 2011
November 30, 2011
January 11, 2012 (conference call)
May 11, 2012
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For answers to any other questions about this stakeholder committee or expert science team, please call or e-mail Cory Horan at 512-239-4026 or through the main Water Supply Division line, 512-239-4691.
