river authority abbreviation ugra formation 1939 type government owned corporation purpose water management headquarters 125 lehmann dr. suite 100 kerrville texas 78028 region served kerr county texas president lana edwards 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 edit guadalupe blanco river authority list of texas river authorities references edit a b upper guadalupe river authority from the texas handbook online upper guadalupe river authority 2009 . board of directors . accessed august 5 2009 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title upper guadalupe river authority & oldid 697932449 categories companies established in 1939river authorities of texasstate agencies of texaskerr county texas1939 establishments in texas 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 22 . 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