South Texas Watermaster Program
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About the South Texas Watermaster Program
The South Texas Watermaster Program is responsible for an area
that encompasses 50 counties in south central Texas. Five field
deputies patrol these counties from offices located near their
jurisdictional areas. Water-right management is based on “run
of the river rights.” That means the deputies oversee a
constantly changing, dynamic surface-water system of rivers and
tributaries that allow diversions as water is available and as it
passes individual diversion points.
The watermaster program informs individuals and groups as needed
concerning water rights and other matters related to availability
of surface water. The program also responds to complaints and may
follow up with enforcement actions if necessary.
Deputies also provide services such as measuring reservoirs to
insure compliance with state law requirements. They perform Doppler
measurements on diverters’ diversion water pipes and may set
stream-flow markers to help water-right holders comply with
guidelines. Data bases are kept to document amounts of water
authorized and used.
The watermaster program will also update and maintain
water-right ownerships and assessments due on each water-right
account.
South Texas Watermaster’s Office
South Texas Watermaster
14250 Judson Road
San Antonio, TX 78233-4480
Voice: 1-800-733-2733
Fax: 210/402-0273
E-mail: R13RO@tceq.state.tx.us
Jurisdiction
| River Basin |
Counties |
| Guadalupe |
Bandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt, Fayette,
Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes, Kendall,
Kerr, Victoria, Wilson |
| Lavaca |
Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, Wharton |
| Lavaca-Guadalupe Coastal |
Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria |
| Nueces |
Atacosta, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio,
Jim Wells, Karnes, Kerr, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick,
McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Real, San Patricio, Uvalde, Webb, Wilson,
Zavala |
| Nueces–Rio Grande Coastal |
Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces,
Starr, Webb, Willacy |
| San Antonio |
Bandera, Bexar, Comal, DeWitt, Goliad, Guadalupe, Karnes,
Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Victoria, Wilson |
| San Antonio–Nueces Coastal |
Aransas, Bee, Goliad, Karnes, Refugio, San Patricio |
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