The Trinity River Authority (TRA) was formed in 1955 by the

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legislature. Its main concerns are

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supply and water conservation in the Trinity River Basin. The authority extends over , including all or part of 17

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.Trinity River Authority (2009)
"The Trinity River Authority of Texas"
Accessed January 23, 2009. The general offices of the authority are located in

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. TRA is a self-funded entity from its operations; it receives no state appropriations or taxes.

Leadership

TRA is governed by a 25-member board of directors, all of whom are appointed by the

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for six-year terms. Roughly 1/3 of the board is reappointed or replaced every two years. The board, in turn, hires the General Manager, who oversees TRA's operations. Under the statute creating the TRA, the board members are appointed as follows: *Four members must be appointed from residents of Dallas County *Three members must be appointed from residents of

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*One member must be appointed from residents of each of the following counties (15 in total): Anderson, Chambers,

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, Freestone, Henderson,

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, Kaufman,

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, Madison, Navarro,

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, San Jacinto,

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*Three members are appointed at-large but must be residents of a county within TRA's jurisdiction

Dams and reservoirs

Since 1911, 31 major

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have been constructed in the

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of the Trinity River, 29 of which fall under the jurisdiction of the Trinity River Authority. *

Lake Anahuac Lake Anahuac is an artificial lake fed by Turtle Bayou and Hog Bayou via a pump station. Trinity River, east of downtown Houston, Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Ce ...

* Lake Arlington (Texas) * Lake Amon G. Carter *

Lake Bardwell Lake Bardwell is a lake in Ellis County, Texas. The lake was constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1965. Lake Bardwell is not used for military operations, and is accessible to the public for recreational purposes; it has sev ...

Benbrook Lake Benbrook Lake (also known as Benbrook Reservoir) is a reservoir on the Clear Fork of the Trinity River in Tarrant County, Texas, USA. The lake is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) southwest of the center of Fort Worth, where the Clear F ...

Lake Bridgeport Lake Bridgeport is a city in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 339 in 2020. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.2 km2), all land. Climate The ...

* Cedar Creek Reservoir * Fairfield Lake * Grapevine Lake * Lake Halbert * Houston County Lake *

Lake Ray Hubbard Lake Ray Hubbard, formerly Eastern Dallas Lake or Forney Lake, is a freshwater impoundment (reservoir) located in Dallas, Texas in the counties of Dallas, Kaufman, Collin, and Rockwall, just north of the City of Forney. It was created by t ...

* Lake Lavon *

Lewisville Lake Lewisville Lake, formerly known as Garza-Little Elm Reservoir, is a reservoir in North Texas (United States, USA) on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River (Texas), Trinity River in Denton County, Texas, Denton County near Lewisville, Texas, Lewisvil ...

* Lost Creek Reservoir *

Lake Livingston Lake Livingston is a reservoir located in Piney Woods in Houston, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and Walker counties in east Texas, United States. Lake Livingston was built and is owned and operated by the Trinity River Authority (TR ...

Eagle Mountain Lake Eagle Mountain Lake is a reservoir in North Texas, formed by the damming the West Fork of the Trinity River. The reservoir sits below Lake Bridgeport reservoir and above Lake Worth reservoir. History The Texas State Board of Water Engineers gra ...

Joe Pool Lake Joe Pool Lake is a fresh water impoundment (reservoir) located in the southern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas, North Texas. The lake encompasses parts of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant, Dallas County, Texas, Dallas and E ...

* Mountain Creek Lake * Navarro Mills Lake * North Lake *

Richland-Chambers Reservoir Richland-Chambers Reservoir is the third largest inland reservoir by surface area and the 8th largest reservoir by water volume in Texas formed by the impoundment of Richland Creek and Chambers Creek east-southeast of the town of Corsicana and ...

Ray Roberts Lake Lake Ray Roberts (formally Ray Roberts Lake) is an artificial American reservoir located north of Denton, Texas, between the cities of Pilot Point, Texas and Sanger, Texas. It is filled by a tributary of the Trinity River. It was named after ...

* New Terrell City Lake * Trinidad Lake * Wallisville Lake *

Lake Waxahachie Lake Waxahachie is located south of Waxahachie, Texas. The reservoir is situated east of Interstate 35E. Several creeks feed into the lake, including the Waxahachie Creek to the east and South Prong Creek South Prong Creek is a creek in ...

Lake Weatherford Lake Weatherford is a lake located in Weatherford, Texas. The lake stands to the north-east of the city, north of Hudson Oaks and Willow Park. The Clear Fork of the Trinity River flows into the lake. The lake is regularly stocked with largem ...

* Lake Worth

References

External links

Official site
Trinity River (Texas) River authorities of Texas State agencies of Texas Water companies of the United States Companies based in Arlington, Texas Public utilities established in 1955 1955 establishments in Texas {{texas-stub

Leadership

Dams and reservoirs

See also

References

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