Jeremy B. Mazur, Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy
Jeremy directs Texas 2036's work in the area of infrastructure and natural resources, which includes water, energy, and infrastructure resilience. Before joining Texas 2036 in 2021, he worked for over two decades in the Texas Legislature and in state agencies on water and energy matters.
A new report by Texas 2036 provides hard data to support the claim that Texas’ economic growth engine makes for a miracle. Using a quarter of a century of gross domestic product figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the report finds that the state’s economy expanded in unparalleled magnitude, with exceptional velocity, and…
Last month the Texas Water Development Board published the draft 2027 State Water Plan. This is the sixth state water plan since Senate Bill 1 inaugurated the current planning process in 1997. The draft 2027 plan, like each plan published every five years since 2002, reflects the input from the “bottom-up,” regional water planning process. …
Nearly 100 years ago, a state meteorologist famously proclaimed that “Texas is the land of perennial drought, broken by the occasional devastating flood.” While the consequences of drought, and the need to develop water supplies are well understood, the problem and peril of floods is sometimes overlooked. The Hill Country Floods of 2025 provided another…
Last week, the Texas House Committee on Natural Resources held a lengthy hearing on groundwater resources and management. This was the second extensive hearing that the committee held on this subject this legislative interim. There are several reasons why the committee has spent considerable time on groundwater. For starters, the water beneath our feet often…
Texas 2036 Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy Director Jeremy Mazur submitted a comment letter on Tuesday to the Texas Water Development Board with recommendations for the agency’s proposed implementation plan for HB 500 (89-R). Texas 2036 testified in favor of HB 500 in committee during the regular session. Here is his submitted comment letter: Thank…
Between stories of tragic disaster and historic policy progress, 2025 was an extraordinary year for Texas’ water sector. For the first time in 40 years, water infrastructure funding was designated as an emergency item by Gov. Greg Abbott. The Legislature, in turn, delivered by approving the largest water infrastructure funding package in Texas history. Despite…