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People Spotlight: TWDB's New Rural Ombudsman

Doug Shaw, the Texas Water Development Board's first agricultural and rural Texas ombudsman, is helping to spread the word to rural communities about the new State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, for which the board is developing rules.

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Doug Shaw, the Texas Water Development Board's first agricultural and rural Texas ombudsman, is helping to spread the word to rural communities about the new State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, for which the TWDB is currently developing rules. Shaw can be reached at 512-463-1711 or at doug.shaw@twdb.texas.gov.

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