Upper Guadalupe River Authority

The Upper Guadalupe River Authority or UGRA was created in 1939 by the Texas Legislature as a quasi-governmental entity to manage the Guadalupe River as a water resource in Kerr County, Texas. The authority is chartered with the mandate "to control, develop, store, preserve and distribute" the water resources of the Upper Guadalupe River watershed.[1] The organization is managed by a nine-person Board of Directors appointed to five-year terms by the Governor of Texas.[2] The UGRA is a taxing authority, and derives a portion of its funding from property taxes levied against residents of Kerr County. The authority operates a Regional Water Testing Laboratory and a county-wide flood alert system, but does not operate any dams.[1]

Upper Guadalupe River Authority
AbbreviationUGRA
Formation1939
TypeGovernment-owned corporation
PurposeWater management
Headquarters125 Lehmann Dr. Suite 100, Kerrville, Texas, 78028
Region served
Kerr County, Texas
President
Bob Waller
Main organ
Board of Directors
Websitehttp://www.ugra.org/

See also

References

  1. Upper Guadalupe River Authority from the Texas Handbook Online
  2. Upper Guadalupe River Authority (2009). "Board of Directors". Accessed August 5, 2009.
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