Upper Guadalupe River Authority

Upper Guadalupe River AuthorityAbbreviation| UGRA

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Formation| 1939
Type| Government-owned corporation
Purpose| Water management
Headquarters| 125 Lehmann Dr. Suite 100, Kerrville, Texas, 78028

Region served

| Kerr County, Texas

President

| Bob Waller

Main organ

| Board of Directors
Website| http://www.ugra.org/

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]

## See also

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* Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
* List of Texas river authorities

## References

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

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States