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Region I Planning Group
The East Texas Regional Water Planning Area is composed of all or parts of 20 counties, stretching from the Golden Triangle of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange in the south to Tyler in the north and from the Texas-Louisiana border in the east to the Trinity River Basin boundary in the west. The largest cities include Beaumont, Tyler, Lufkin, and Nacogdoches. The major economic sectors are petrochemical, timber, and agriculture. The principal surface water sources are the Sabine and Neches rivers and their tributaries.
Region I Counties
- Anderson
- Angelina
- Cherokee
- Henderson (partial)
- Hardin
- Houston
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Nacogdoches
- Newton
- Orange
- Panola
- Polk (partial)
- Rusk
- Sabine
- San Augustine
- Shelby
- Smith (partial)
- Trinity (partial)
- Tyler
Meeting Minutes & Updates
Upcoming Planning Group Meeting Schedule
Last Meeting: The East Texas (Region I) Regional Water Planning Group (RWPG) met on February 13, 2013, in Nacogdoches. Highlights include:
- Motion was approved accepting the resignation of George Campbell (health reasons) – Other Co. interests; Herman Reed – Agricultural; and Glenda Kindle – Public Interests. All were founding members of the Region I group.
- Motion was approved of the RWPG’s acceptance of using the mining numbers presented by the Consultant. These numbers are the higher of the two numbers recommended for mining use in the counties either recommended originally by the RWPG or as revised by the updated Oil and Gas Water Use in Texas Report (2012). A letter will be sent to TWDB.
- Motion was approved for an Amendment to the By-Laws to clean up some terminology and to allow notification of vacancies by direct mail of the County judges and particular interests groups.
- Motion was approved to retain the current members of the Executive Committee
>Meeting Minutes: Visit the "Meeting Minutes" link on the Region I Water Planning Group Website.
Region I Water Plans
Projections Data
Region I Related Links
- East Texas Regional Water Planning Area Map
- Planning Group Members & Contacts
- East Texas Water Planning Group External Website
- Angelina-Neches River Authority
- Deep East Texas Council of Governments
- Lower Neches Valley Authority
- Sabine River Authority
- Groundwater Management Areas
- Pineywoods Groundwater Conservation District (GCD)
- Rusk County GCD
- Southeast Texas GCD
TWDB Contact for Region I
To contact the TWDB Project Manager, please click Region I Project Manager