Texas Water Code
§ 27.0516 — PERMITS FOR INJECTION WELLS THAT TRANSECT OR TERMINATE IN PORTION OF EDWARDS AQUIFER WITHIN EXTERNAL BOUNDARIES OF BARTON SPRINGS-EDWARDS AQUIFER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
WA § 27.0516Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Ch. 27. INJECTION WELLS · Art. D. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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(1)"Edwards Aquifer" means that portion of an arcuate belt of porous, waterbearing limestones composed of the Edwards Formation, Georgetown Formation, Comanche Peak Formation, Salmon Peak Limestone, McKnight Formation, West Nueces Formation, Devil's River Limestone, Person Formation, Kainer Formation, and Edwards Group, together with the Upper Glen Rose Formation where scientific studies have documented a hydrological connection to the overlying Edwards Group trending from west to east to northeast through Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Kendall, Comal, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties. The permeable aquifer units generally overlie the less-permeable Glen Rose Formation to the south, overlie the less-permeable Comanche Peak and Walnut Formations north of the Colorado River, and underlie the less-permeable Del Rio Clay regionally.
(2)"Engineered aquifer storage and recovery facility" means a facility with one or more wells that is located, designed, constructed, and operated for the purpose of injecting fresh water into a subsurface permeable stratum and storing the water for subsequent withdrawal and use for a beneficial purpose.
(3)"Fresh water" means surface water or groundwater, without regard to whether the water has been physically, chemically, or biologically altered, that:
(A)contains a total dissolved solids concentration of not more than 1,000 milligrams per liter; and
(B)is otherwise suitable as a source of drinking water supply.
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 1.46, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 3.01(6), eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 583 (S.B. 483), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 583 (S.B. 483), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.