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AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host “Rehydrating Texas: Regulatory Reform to Keep Water Flowing for Texans,” on October 16, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. CDT at the Texas State Capitol Legislative Conference Center located in room E2.002.

Over the last 15 years, Texas has made great strides to ensure that the state’s water resources remain flowing and accessible for a growing number of Texans. The financing has been addressed, the plans have been laid out, and the environmental concerns have been considered. The 84th Legislature now has the opportunity to finish the state’s comprehensive water package by removing regulatory impediments to the free development, management, and trade of surface and groundwater. This Policy Primer will discuss how this final piece of the water puzzle will help Texas open the taps to more efficient, long-term water access. 
 
Panelists include:

• Commissioner Toby Baker – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
• Russell Johnson – Water Rights Attorney, McGinnis Lochridge
• James Lee Murphy – Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
• The Hon. Kathleen Hartnett White – director, ACEE at the TPPF

 
For additional information and to register, visit: http://txpo.li/rehydrating-texas

To learn more please contact Caroline Espinosa at cespinosa@texaspolicy.com or 512.472.2700

Kathleen Hartnett White is a Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and the Director for the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment. Former Chairman for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (2001-2007).

The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a non-profit, free-market research institute based in Austin, Texas.

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