Drought Emergency Planning Workshops During 2012, the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) hosted drought
emergency planning workshops throughout the state. The workshops
provided local government officials, board members, and their
water system operators information and tools to prevent and
mitigate water outages. Workshop presentation topics included: -
the status and severity of the continuing drought in Texas, - an
explanation of the emergency process and the role of each agency
in the process, - a discussion on what the Drinking Water Task
force is and what it has done thus far, - an explanation of
available tools, including Financial, Managerial, and Technical
(FMT) assistance; the EnviroMentor Program; funding; and the
Texas Water Infrastructure Coordination Committee (TWICC), - a
discussion on creating an emergency plan: - obtaining
interconnections - drilling emergency wells - planning for
conservation Representatives from the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality, Texas Division of E