Acronyms
ACT – Alliance for a Clean Texas
BCRAGD – Bandera County River Authority & Ground Water District
BIG – Base Irrigation Groundwater
BPGCD – Blanco Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District
BSEACD – Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District
BMP – Best Management Practice
BRA – Brazos River Authority
CAMPO – Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
CAPCOG – Capital Area Council of Governments
CCGCD – Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District (Kendall County)
CCN – Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
COCS – Cost of Community Services
CREZ – Competitive Renewable Energy Zones
CTGCD – Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District (Burnet)
CTGCD – Comal – Trinity Groundwater Conservation District
CWA – Clean Water Act
CZ – Contributing Zone
DFC – Desired Future Condition
EAA – Edward Aquifer Authority
EARIP – Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Plan
EDF – Environmental Defense Fund
ECT – Envision Central Texas
EP – Electro Purification
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
ESA – Endangered Species Act
ETJ – Extra Territorial Jurisdiction
GAM – Groundwater Availability Model
GCD – Groundwater Conservation District
GEAA – Greater Edwards Aquifer Allinace
GBRA – Guadalupe – Blanco River Authority
GLO – General Land Office
GMA – Groundwater Management Area
GPCD – Gallons per capita per day
HCA – Hill Country Alliance
HCP – Habitat Conservation Plan
HCUWCD – Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District (Gillespie County)
HGCD – Headwaters Groundwater Conservation District (Kerr County)
HTGCD – Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District
IDA – International Dark Sky Association
KCGCD – Kimble County Groundwater Conservation District
KCGCD – Kinney County Groundwater Conservation District
LCRA – Lower Colorado River Authority
LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LID – Low Impact Development
MAG – Modeled Available Groundwater
MCGCD – Medina County Groundwater Conservation District
MOA – Memorandum of Agreement
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MUD – Municipal Utility District
NCED – National Conservation Easements Database
NOI – Notice of Intent
NPS – Nonpoint Source
NRA – Nueces River Authority
NRCS – Natural Resources Conservation Service
PCGCD – Plum Creek Groundwater Conservation District (Hays, Caldwell County)
PDR – Purchase of Development Rights
PEC – Pedernales Electric Cooperative
PGMA – Priority Groundwater Management Area
PID – Public Improvement District
PUA – Public Utility Authority
PUC – Public Utility Commission
PUD – Planned Unit Development
PWS – Payments for Watershed Services
RECRD – Real – Edwards Conservation and Reclamation District
RSI – River Systems Institute
RWPG – Regional Water Planning Group
RZ – Recharge Zone
SARA – San Antonio River Authority
SAWS – San Antonio Water System
SHC – Stakeholder Committee
SOSCHE – Save our Scenic Hill Country Environment
SRP – Species Recovery Plan
SWP – State Water Plan
SwRI – Southwest Research Institute
SWTCGCD – Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District
TALT – Texas Agricultural Land Trust
TCEQ – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
TDR – Transfer of Development Rights
TEEB – The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
TFB – Texas Farm Bureau
TFRPP – Texas Farm and Ranchland Protection Program
TGRGCD – Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District
TLAP – Texas Land Application Permits
TLTC – Texas Land Trust Council
TNC – The Nature Conservancy
TNRIS – Texas Natural Resources Information System
TPL – Trust for Public Land
TPWD – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
TSSWCB – Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
TWA – Texas Wildlife Association
TWC – Texas Water Code
TWCA – Texas Water Conservation Association
TWDB – Texas Water Development Board
UCUWCD – Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District
UGRA – Upper Guadalupe River Authority
USDA – U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFWS – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
TWDB – Texas Water Development Board
UCUWCD – Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District
WCID – Water Control and Improvement District
WHIP – Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program
WPO – Watershed Protection Ordinance
WPP – Watershed Protection Program/Plan
WSEP – Water Supply Enhancement Program
WTPUA – West Travis Public Utility Agency