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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the storage and recovery of water in a portion of the |
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Edwards Aquifer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1.44(e), Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) The authority may contract for injection or artificial |
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recharge under this section only if provision is made for |
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protecting and maintaining the quality of groundwater in the |
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receiving part of the aquifer, and: |
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(1) the water used for artificial recharge is |
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groundwater withdrawn from the aquifer; |
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(2) the water is recharged through a natural recharge |
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feature; or |
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(3) the water is injected by the Alliance Regional |
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Water Authority, the Canyon Regional Water Authority, or a |
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municipally owned utility owned by the City of Buda, the City of |
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Kyle, the City of New Braunfels, or the City of San Marcos and: |
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(A) the water has a total dissolved solids |
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concentration of less than 1,500 milligrams per liter and is not |
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domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater, or reclaimed water as |
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those terms are defined by 30 T.A.C. Chapter 210, effective October |
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31, 2018; |
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(B) the injection well terminates in a portion of |
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the aquifer that contains groundwater with a total dissolved solids |
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concentration of more than 5,000 milligrams per liter; and |
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(C) if the water injected is state water, the |
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political subdivision or utility has a water right or contract for |
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use of the water that does not prohibit use of the water in an |
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aquifer storage and recovery project. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |