river authority abbreviation ucra formation 1929 type government owned corporation purpose water conservation headquarters 512 orient st. san angelo texas 76903 region served concho coke schleicher and tom green counties in texas chairperson jeffie roberts main organ board of directors website http www.ucratx.org the upper colorado river authority or ucra was created in 1935 by the texas legislature as a quasi governmental entity to manage the colorado river as a water resource in tom green county and coke county texas . 1 the authority has since been extended to include schleicher county and concho county . the organization is managed by a nine person board of directors appointed to six year terms by the governor of texas . 2 the ucra has served as a lending institution offering loans to municipalities in its served district for water management projects . the authority also participates in the clean rivers program and other environmental programs of the state of texas . in 2008 the ucra began construction in san angelo of the concho river basin education and research center which offers educational programs to schoolchildren about water use and conservation . 3 reservoirs edit the upper colorado river authority does not directly manage or operate any dams . the authority has helped to provide financial and administrative support to other operating authorities to establish three reservoirs on the upper colorado river and its tributaries 1 e.v. spence reservoir managed by the colorado river municipal water district o.c. fisher reservoir managed by the united states army corps of engineers twin buttes reservoir managed by the city of san angelo see also edit lower colorado river authority list of texas river authorities references edit a b upper colorado river authority from the texas handbook online upper colorado river authority 2009 . about us . accessed august 4 2009 . upper colorado river authority 2009 . concho river basin education & research center . accessed august 4 2009 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title upper colorado river authority & oldid 697932518 categories colorado river texas river authorities of texasstate agencies of texascompanies based in san angelo texascompanies established in 1935 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 january 2016 at 22 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view