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Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission, and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee and Expert Science Team
Created by the 80th Texas Legislature in recognition of the importance that the ecological soundness of our riverine, bay, and estuary systems and riparian lands have on the economy, health, and well-being of our state
 The next meeting of the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission, and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee (BBASC) is tentatively scheduled for August 23, 2012. Details will be provided closer to the date of the meeting.
The Environmental Flows Recommendation Report from the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission, and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Stakeholder Committee (BBASC) was submitted on September 1, 2011 and can be found below.
Environmental Flows Standards and Strategies Recommendations Report
Report Appendices
At the March 28, 2012, agenda, the Commissioners directed the Water Availability Division staff to post for consideration and comment the stakeholder recommendations from the Colorado/Lavaca and Guadalupe/San Antonio Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committees.
The Commission will receive comments both on the stakeholder recommendations and the proposed environmental flows rule. For further information regarding the proposed environmental flows rule and submitting comments, please see the TCEQ Environmental Flows Rulemaking page.
Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee (SAC) review comments on the Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers, San Antonio Bay and Aransas-Copano Bay Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) Environmental Flows Recommendations Report, dated March 1, 2011.
The Final Environmental Flows Recommendations Report from the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Expert Science Team (BBEST) was completed on March 1, 2011 and can be found here .
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 §11.02362 . (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 Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
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Interest Group
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Suzanne Scott, Chair
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River Authority
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Diane Wassenich, Vice Chair
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Public Interest
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Bill Braden
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Agricultural Irrigation
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Tyson Broad
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Environmental
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Commercial Fisherman
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Thurman S. Clements, Jr.
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Groundwater Conservation District
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David Crow
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Free-Range Livestock
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Paula DiFonzo
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Municipality
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Karl Dreher
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Groundwater Conservation District
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Ken Dunton
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Environmental
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Jennifer Ellis
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Recreational Water User
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Garrett Engelking
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Public Interest
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Steven Fotiades
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Chemical
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Jay Gray
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Confined Animal Feeding Operation
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Chris Hale
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Public Interest
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Jerrry James
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Municipality
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Everett Johnson
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Recreational Water User
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Mike Mecke
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Soil & Water Conservation District
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Con Mims
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Regional Water Planning Group
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James Lee Murphy
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River Authority
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Mike Peters
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Refining
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Robert Puente
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Municipality
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Kimberly Stoker
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Electric Generation
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Walter Womack
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Regional Water Planning Group
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Jennifer Youngblood
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Groundwater Conservation District
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Meetings of the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)
December 15, 2009
January 11, 2010
March 1, 2010
April 7, 2010, Joint BBASC/BBEST Meeting, Victoria, Texas
June 2, 2010
July 7, 2010
August 4, 2010
September 1, 2010
October 6, 2010
November 3, 2010
December 1, 2010
January 12, 2011
February 2, 2011
March 2, 2011
April 6, 2011
April 19, 2011
May 4, 2011
May 19, 2011
June 1, 2011
July 6, 2011
July 18 & 19, 2011
July 28, 2011
August 2 & 3, 2011
August 16, 2011
August 29, 2011
October 11, 2011
November 17, 2011
Draft Work Plan for Adaptive Management: Part II, Bays and Estuaries
February 16, 2012
Draft Work Plan for Adaptive Management: Part II, Bays and Estuaries
Freshwater Inflow: Determining Flow Regimes in the Face of Land Use Change
April 12, 2012
Chapter 298 Environmental Flow Standards for Surface Water
Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST)
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 egime for their specific river basin and bay system.
Members of the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Expert Science Team (BBEST)
- Voting Members
- Tim Bonner
- Ed Buskey
- Mike Gonzales
- Thom Hardy
- Scott Holt
- Norman Johns
- Warren Pulich
- Elizabeth Smith
- Sam Vaugh
- Non-Voting Members
- Gregg Eckhardt
- Debbie Magin
BBEST Reimbursement Documents
Meetings of the Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Expert Science Team(BBEST)
April 29, 2010
June 11, 2010
July 8, 2010
August 12, 2010
September 14, 2010
October 14, 2010
November 18, 2010
December 20 and 21, 2010
January 20, 2011
February 3, 2011
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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.
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